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Strike for Racial Justice

Sep 08 2020
In support of the #ScholarStrike for racial justice, UC Press is featuring titles that highlight the long history of protest, and the following list provides context for the continued struggle for racial justice.The Black Revolution on Campusby Martha BiondiMartha Biondi masterfully
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“Tiger Cages” in Vietnam: How the call for U.S. Prison Abolition is a Global Issue

Jul 17 2020
By Stuart Schrader, author of Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American PolicingJuly 17, 2020Fifty years ago today, Life magazine printed photographs taken inside a prison on an island off the coast of Vietnam called Côn Sơn.The photos depicted a wing of a
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Recommended Reading: Police Reform

Jun 01 2020
The work of addressing society’s core challenges—whether they be persistent inequality, a failing education system, or global climate change—can be accelerated when scholarship assumes its role as an agent of engagement and democracy. The books on the following reading list help provide context to t
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Policing Honolulu

Nov 07 2019
UC Press is proud to be part of the Association of University Press’s eighth annual University Press Week, whose overall theme this year is Read. Think. Act."Through this positive theme AUPresses members worldwide seek to encourage people to read the latest peer-reviewed publications about issues th
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