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Reading List: Democracy and Its Threats, Essential Reads for Navigating an Uncertain Future
Dec 03 2024
UC Press's publishing programs in books and journals, which amplify the voices of leading experts, remain vital for understanding and addressing the challenges of our time.
American Studies Now: Resistance, Protest, and Solidarity
Oct 31 2023
The American Studies Now series refuses the distinction between politics and culture—focusing on historical cultures of power and protest on the one hand, or the political importance of cultural practices on the other. These short, timely books focus on the issues that matter today and are designed
Now What? Gifts for Grads
May 17 2022
It’s graduation season again, and whether the graduate in your life is leaving college or onto their professional degree, they’ll have many new responsibilities and challenges to navigate. We’ve rounded up some of UC Press's bestsellers to help them transition into the future.
Reading List: Supporting Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Youth
Mar 03 2022
UC Press is proud to support scholarship that advocates for the health and well-being of trans and gender-nonconforming young people. The books on this list speak to a shared mission: improving the lives of trans and GNC youth through shared understanding, research, and activism.Trans KidsB
Understanding Power and Protest in Kazakhstan: A Communist and Post-Communist Studies Special Virtual Issue
Jan 10 2022
During the past week, Kazakhstan has seen the rapid spread of demonstrations and violence across the country after protests first emerged in western regions on January 1, 2022 as a result of the sudden rise in the price of gas.
Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: Music and Memoirs
May 07 2021
For Asian Pacific American Heritage Month—celebrated in May to commemorate the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to the United States on May 7, 1843 and to mark the anniversary of the transcontinental railroad completion on May 10, 1869—UC Press is proud to feature titles that honor and explo
Author Jordan D. Rosenblum Shares the Secret to Writing an Engaging Coursebook
Nov 23 2020
by Jordan D. Rosenblum, author of Rabbinic Drinking: What Beverages Teach Us About Rabbinic LiteratureA good textbook can be dry—so long as it’s dry like a nice red wine and not dry like a boring recitation of tax codes. With this caveat in mind, I endeavored to write the former, even when (admi
Understanding the Protests in Belarus: A CPCS Virtual Issue
Aug 11 2020
Not for the first time in Belarus, the future of Aleksandr Lukashenka’s regime hinges on its response to mass protests following fraudulent elections.
Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: Art, Literature, and Community
May 22 2020
For Asian Pacific American Heritage Month—celebrated in May to commemorate the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to the United States on May 7, 1843 and to mark the anniversary of the transcontinental railroad completion on May 10, 1869—UC Press is proud to feature titles that honor and explo