This guest post is published as part of a series related to the American Sociological Association conference, August 12-15 in Montreal, Quebec, and in conjunction with the American Political Science Association conference, August 31-September 3 …
Read More >With the ongoing tension between the United States and North Korea, we mined our backlist for titles to help us better understand our shared history. Below, a list of recommendations: For the …
Read More >Nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives. These seven things, according to Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore, have made our world and will have an unmistakable impact on its future. Bringing …
Read More >By Scott Kurashige, author of The Fifty-Year Rebellion: How the U.S. Political Crisis Began in Detroit This guest post is part of a blog series of contributions by authors in American Studies Now, an e-book first series of …
Read More >By Jack Halberstam, author of Trans*: A Quick and Quirky Account of Gender Variability This guest post is part of a blog series of contributions by authors in American Studies Now, a series of short, timely books …
Read More >The insurance—and lives—of millions of Americans hangs in the balance. With the final Senate health care vote looming, we’re turning to the following UC Press authors to help make sense of the current …
Read More >Detroit has stood at the center of a growing crisis in the United States tied to racial conflict, the collapse of the middle class, and political polarization. No city, argues historian Scott …
Read More >UC Press is proud to announce that San Francisco’s 13th Annual One City One Book selection is Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party by Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin …
Read More >Together with the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution is one of America’s most important documents, vital to our political life. While the Declaration, signed 241 years ago today, listed grievances against the …
Read More >adapted from Wide Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965 by Nan Alamilla Boyd Each year at the end of June, San Francisco fills with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and …
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