By Paul A. Schroeder Rodríguez, author of Latin American Cinema: A Comparative History 2016 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Latin American Studies Association, the largest organization of Latin Americanists in the …
Read More >If you’re attending the LASA 2016 Congress in New York this year (or even if you aren’t) you’ll want to stop by the UC Press booth and check out Arlene Dávila’s newest book, …
Read More >To celebrate Cinco de Mayo, we’re providing excerpts from El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition, by David E. Hayes-Bautista, which asks a curious question: Why is the holiday so widely celebrated across the …
Read More >Without teachers and educators, where would the world be? University of California Press is honored to collaborate with university professors who serve as authors of outstanding scholarship. The work of addressing society’s core challenges …
Read More >by Gabriel Thompson, author of America’s Social Arsonist This guest post is cross-posted with The Nation. View the article on The Nation’s website here. There was no shortage of dramatic moments in the life of …
Read More >Immigration has been a key issue in the 2016 presidential elections. In Making Los Angeles Home: The Integration of Mexican Immigrants in the United States authors Rafael Alarcon, Luis Escala, and Olga Odgers shed …
Read More >In recognition of International Women’s Day, we share just a small sample of our women authors’ work and how they have helped to make our world a better place through their scholarship. Tessa G. Diphoorn, author of Twilight …
Read More >UC Press is pleased to present Beyond the Walled City: Colonial Exclusion in Havana, the first book by Guadalupe García. Havana has recently become the center of media attention as one of the …
Read More >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 >By Aparecida Vilaça, author of Praying and Preying: Christianity in Indigenous Amazonia This guest post is published in advance of the American Anthropological Association conference in Denver. Check back every day for new posts through the end …
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