by Christina Zanfagna, author of Holy Hip Hop in the City of Angels At UC Press, open access—the free, immediate, unrestricted, online access to peer-reviewed research and scholarly work—is central to our mission. In …
Read More >The theme for this year’s World Day of Architecture, which is is celebrated annually on the first Monday of October, is “Climate Change Action!” Noting that rapid urbanization and building developments …
Read More >Excerpted from The Mountains That Remade America: How Sierra Nevada Geology Impacts Modern Life by Craig H. Jones In June of 1864, with the Civil War raging and re-election uncertain, President Abraham Lincoln signed a …
Read More >Part of the Getty Foundation’s Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative, the California Mexicana: Missions to Murals, 1820–1930 exhibition opens on October 15th at the Laguna Art Museum. Artistic and cultural exchange between California and …
Read More >By Sara L. Schwebel, editor of Island of the Blue Dolphins: The Complete Reader’s Edition While preparing Island of the Blue Dolphins: The Complete Reader’s Edition, I was shocked to learn how …
Read More >Though many in the Northern Hemisphere are more familiar with the traditional celebrations of the springtime season, people around the world also gather today to recognize the working class. May Day, sharing a …
Read More >The following opinion piece originally appeared on History News Network, and is being re-blogged with their kind permission. by Robert Cohen, co-editor of The Free Speech Movement: Reflections on Berkeley in the 1960s, and editor of The Essential …
Read More >by Sara L. Schwebel, editor of Island of the Blue Dolphins: The Complete Reader’s Edition This guest post is published in conjunction with the airing of the documentary series West of the …
Read More >UC Press is proud to have so many of our authors speaking at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books this weekend, April 22-23, at the University of Southern California campus. The event …
Read More >This post is part of our Earth Week blog series. Check back every day between now and Friday for new blog posts. by Shelley Alden Brooks, author of Big Sur: The Making …
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