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UC Press July and August Award-Winning Authors

Sep 01 2021
UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are several of our recent award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news!Lauren Duquette-RuryBest Book Award 2021American Political Science Association
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Editor Spotlight: Meet Archna Patel, Associate Editor of Art History

Feb 08 2021
In this edition of our UC Press Editor Spotlight Series, we sat down with Art History Editor Archna Patel to discuss her vision for our Art list, how she’s supporting and responding to calls for social justice within the field, and how her love for the Lakers has helped her cope during the pandemic.
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Not Just a “Still Life:” The Racist Messages Behind American Images of Fruit

Oct 22 2020
By Shana Klein, author of The Fruits of Empire: Art, Food, and the Politics of Race in the Age of American ExpansionStill-life paintings of food look innocent at first sight. Pictures of bowls bulging with oranges and grapes were fashionable in nineteenth-century American dining rooms, prompting
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#WHA2020: New and Notable in Western History

Oct 14 2020
We are thrilled to be publishing a number of new titles groundbreaking books in Western History. Tiny You: A Western History of the Anti-Abortion Movement by Jennifer L. Holland tells the story of one of the most successful political movements of the twentieth century: the grassroots campaign agains
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