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09
Feb

Going Home Again

Gordon Young has focused his journalism work on his hometown in Michigan as it deals with the Flint Water Crisis When I traveled to my hometown of Flint, Michigan in the summer of …

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08
Feb

Beyond the Walled City

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 …

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01
Feb

Letters from Langston

Although there are several books of correspondence between Langston Hughes and his contemporaries, none so far have closely explored Langston’s politics, from the early 1930s to his death in 1967. Letters from Langston, …

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29
Jan

On the town with David Ireland

We’ve been keeping a close eye on the restoration of 500 Capp Street, home of David Ireland for many years. Not least of all, because we recently published 500 Capp Street: David Ireland’s …

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26
Jan

The Birth of Modern Sociology

We were taught that American sociology originated with the Chicago School.  What if we were wrong? In honor of Black History Month, let’s consider a counterview posed by author Aldon Morris—that W. E. …

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10
Jan

Zouping and Chinese Urbanization

by Andrew B. Kipnis This guest post is part of a series published in conjunction with the meeting of the American Historical Association in Atlanta. UC Press authors share insight into their research and stories that …

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