This guest post comes from Zachary Shore, author of Grad School Essentials: A Crash Course in Scholarly Skills, who debunks 5 myths about attending grad school. 1) You are supposed to read every word of …
Read More >From the gift-giving customs to the decorations, the American Christmas is a combination of elements from the many diverse cultures that have left their influence on the country over the centuries. While the European origins of …
Read More >You can pick almost any subject and find Mark Twain’s opinions expressed on it somewhere. Thanksgiving is no exception. In an address given at the first annual dinner of Philadelphia’s New England Society …
Read More >Most Americans know the story of Thanksgiving, but the woman who helped ensure its status as a national holiday, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, is a little less familiar. Hale was an educated …
Read More >The way that Americans celebrate Halloween is so culturally established that it’s often difficult to imagine it without its many defining themes and icons. But the way these long-standing traditions were established can be a …
Read More >From its beginnings as the Celtic festival of Samhain to its connections to the Christian All Saint’s Day to its domestication for children in the early 20th century, the celebration of Halloween …
Read More >University of California Press is loading up our wagon with books and hitting the Oregon Trail for the 2015 Western History Association Annual Conference. The meeting convenes October 21-24 in Portland, Oregon. Please visit …
Read More >by Gary Y. Okihiro This was previously published on our blog, and is being reposted to coincide with the meeting of the American Studies Association in Toronto. UC Press authors share insight into their research and …
Read More >If you’re interested in learning more after this year’s Banned Books Week festivities, here are some suggestions to deepen the conversation about freedom of speech and the censorship of literature and other …
Read More >Join University of California Press this fall at the 2015 American Studies Association Annual Meeting. The meeting convenes October 8-11 in Toronto, Ontario. Please visit us at booth 300 in the Sheraton Centre …
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