UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are some of our recent award winners from October 2022. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by …
Read More >By UC Press Executive Editor Niels Hooper Over the summer, I drove from Truckee (which is on Washoe/Northern Paiute Land) down the Central Valley (which is land of multiple native peoples including …
Read More >For the 100th anniversary of Fire Prevention Week, UC Press is highlighting books on the relationship between fire, people, and the environment. Introduction to Fire in CaliforniaSecond Editionby David Carle In this …
Read More >By Elaine Lewinnek and Thuy Vo Dang, co-authors of A People’s Guide to Orange County Former President of the Western History Association Patricia Nelson Limerick famously wrote of California and the American …
Read More >Songs of Gold Mountain by Marlon K. Hom explores the experience of Chinese people in America and the literary history of San Francisco’s Chinatown. With over 200 poems from the Songs of …
Read More >Pacific Historical Review is delighted to share the news that its articles have recently been honored with awards from the Urban History Association and the Western Association of Women HIstorians. Hannah Kim’s “Death …
Read More >May is Jewish American Heritage Month, a celebration of the rich history of Jewish contributions to American culture and a tribute to the generations of Jewish Americans who made them happen. In …
Read More >For Mother’s Day, author Natalia Molina remembers her grandmother Doña Natalia Barraza, the impressive woman who opened the Nayarit restaurant in Echo Park, Los Angeles in 1951. The restaurant became an urban …
Read More >Mexican Studies/ Estudios Mexicanos’s current issue includes the article “Valle Imperial/valle de Mexicali, 1910–28: su impacto en la cuenca del río Colorado y la disputa por los usos sociales” by Marco Antonio …
Read More >In conjunction with the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, we are pleased to make select content from our history journals free to read online. California History This year, California …
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