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Q&A with Chrystin Ondersma, author of Dignity not Debt
Apr 09 2024
American households have a debt problem. The problem is not, as often claimed, that Americans recklessly take on too much debt. The problem is that US debt policies have no basis in reality. Weaving together the histories and trends of US debt policy with her own family story, Chrystin Ondersma debu
UC Press February Award Winners
Mar 10 2023
UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are several of our February 2023 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news!Kaveh Askari 2023 Katherine Singer Kovàcs Book AwardSociety for Cinema and Medi
Q&A with Elena Botella, author of Delinquent: Inside America’s Debt Machine
Oct 01 2022
Delinquent takes readers on a journey from Capital One’s headquarters to street corners in Detroit, kitchen tables in Sacramento, and other places where debt affects people's everyday lives. Uncovering the true costs of consumer credit to American families in addition to the benefits, investigative
Watch: Author Lynne Haney previews her book Prisons of Debt
Aug 05 2022
In this video, sociologist Lynne Haney offers a sneak peek at her book, Prisons of Debt: The Afterlives of Incarcerated Fathers."Prisons of Debt is a compelling and devastating account and a must-read for students of punishment and beyond."—Sandra Susan Smith, Daniel and Florence Guggenheim