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Erica Toffoli discusses the images & technologies that helped construct the Border Patrol's public image, the historical roots of today's surveillance culture along the U.S.–Mexico border, & why visual history remains essential for understanding contemporary debates over immigration & state power.

From a country music legend's sewing machine to the US–Mexico border, a new special issue of the "Journal of the American Musicological Society" uses everyday and extraordinary objects to reveal the many histories of American music.

We talk with Carlos Alonso Nugent, recipient of the 2025 Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Biography Essay Prize.

We're thrilled to announce a selection of our latest book signings!

UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are our June 2026 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news!

The Journal of Musicology's Digital and Multimedia Editor Esther Morgan-Ellis interviews the contributors to the journal's issue 78.3.

"The Public Historian" commemorates the Semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence with a special virtual issue.

Author Diana Anselmo on how women’s queer pleasures in fandom are part of a century-long history of women using mass media to explore same-sex desire, gender nonconformity, and homoerotic fantasy.

So you’ve reached an exciting milestone — your book is officially online and available for preordering! What’s next?After you’ve added the link to your book to all your online profiles, including your personal website or faculty page, your social media profiles, and any other online bios, it’s time ...

UC Press designers Lia Tjandra, Michelle Black, and Kevin Barrett Kane offer a behind-the-scenes look at getting their hands dirty for book covers.