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30
Sep

The Legacy of Cesar Chavez

As part of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we recognize Hispanic and Latino Americans’ current contributions–and current struggles–in the United States. Learn more at #HispanicHeritage Month. Originally published in 1969, Peter Matthiessen’s Sal Si Puedes provided a detailed …

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29
Mar

How Foundations Avoid Tackling Inequality

By Erica Kohl-Arenas, author of The Self-Help Myth: How Philanthropy Fails to Alleviate Poverty This guest post is published in conjunction with the American Association of Geographers conference and in advance of Cesar Chavez Day.  While conducting …

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19
Feb

Spring 2016 New Releases Preview

(pictured above: a view of our office’s Editorial Dept. area) Spring 2016’s new release review galleys and advance copies are beginning to hit our desks here at UC Press HQ in beautiful Oakland, …

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31
Mar

The Essential Cesar Chavez Day Reading List

This Tuesday, March 31 marks Cesar Chavez Day. The University of California Press is proud to have published broadly on this important labor and civil rights leader. From first-hand accounts of working …

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31
Mar

What I Learned from Cesar Chavez

By Marc Grossman To commemorate the March 31 birthday of Cesar Chavez, we offer some perspectives on the man from his longtime spokesman, speechwriter and personal aide, Marc Grossman, who knew the …

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