by Angela Stuesse, author of Scratching Out a Living: Latinos, Race, and Work in the Deep South This guest post is published in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association conference in Minneapolis. Check …
Read More >During this election cycle, one of the most pressing questions have been how the African American vote could sway the results of the presidency. Attempts at blocking early voting, African American women still expected to “show up” to vote, …
Read More >Last week we were thrilled to learn that UC Press author Josh Kun was named a MacArthur fellow for 2016. From a Los Angeles Times profile: “Unearthing lesser-known slices of Los Angeles history is …
Read More >Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month! From September 15 to October 15, we recognize Hispanic and Latino Americans, celebrating the heritage, the culture, and the important role these diverse peoples play in the history of the United States. This month, we’ve prepared …
Read More >This week we’re taking another look at Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro’s Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas with editor-at-large Garnette Cadogan‘s “City of Walkers” map and essay. Check in next week for more Nonstop Metropolis sneak …
Read More >The following excerpt from Andrew Cornell‘s introduction to Left of the Left: My Memories of Sam Dolgoff is reproduced with the kind permission of AK Press. Until very recently, the history of anarchism in the …
Read More >Today marks the 40th anniversary of Roots: The Saga of an American Family. To celebrate, we’re highlighting Matthew F. Delmont’s Making Roots: A Nation Captivated, which looks at the importance of the book and …
Read More >by Kweku Opoku-Agyemang, co-author of Encountering Poverty: Thinking and Acting in an Unequal World This guest post is published in advance of the American Sociological Association conference in Seattle. Check back every …
Read More >by Guthrie P. Ramsey, series editor for Music of the African Diaspora Sam Floyd, a prolific scholar and founding director of the Center for Black Music Research, passed away on July 11, 2016 …
Read More >From the earliest marches in 1970 to this month’s events around the Bay Area and worldwide, Pride has celebrated and commemorated the LGBT community’s culture and heritage for over 40 years. We at UC Press are honored …
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