We’re thrilled to announce that Lisa Jarnot’s book Robert Duncan, The Ambassador from Venus (August 2012) has been shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle prize. This definitive biography gives a brilliant account of …
Read More >Global Temperature Anomalies: 1880 to 2012 2012 was the ninth warmest year on record, and the warmest year on record for continental US. NASA’s analysis of Earth’s surface temperature found that …
Read More >Federal Advisory Committee Draft Climate Assessment Report Released for Public Review A 60-person Federal Advisory Committee (The “National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee” or NCADAC) has overseen the development of this …
Read More >We are deeply saddened to share the news of the death of James H. Clark, Director of the University of California Press for twenty-five years (1977-2002), on January 14, 2013 at the …
Read More >In the latest episode of the UC Press Podcast, Black Against Empire co-author Joshua Bloom talks about the political and cultural dynamics that gave birth to the Black Panther Party, why Oakland …
Read More >Jeff Horrell tells us why Elementa is important to Dartmouth, and why he believes in open access How is Dartmouth College collaborating with Elementa? Dartmouth, with support from BioOne, is developing and hosting the …
Read More >Columbia history professor Hilary Hallett has been getting some wonderful advance praise for her new book, Go West, Young Women!, which explores the influx of women in early Hollywood and their role in …
Read More >The author of Getting It Wrong: Ten of the Greatest Misreported Stories in American Journalism, W. Joseph Campbell, has rounded up 2012’s most prominent media-driven myths and errors. Visit Campbell’s blog, Media Myth Alert, for the year’s …
Read More >As the year comes to a close, allow us to brag a little bit on behalf of our authors, who absolutely knocked it out of the park this year when it came …
Read More >Ben Santer takes us back in time to 1995 to a key turning point in the history of climate change science. Published by Generation Anthropocene, December 18, 2012. Climate scientist and MacArthur …
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