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<Q&A with Divya Cherian, author of <i>Merchants of Virtue</i>

Q&A with Divya Cherian, author of Merchants of Virtue

Winner of the 2022 Joseph W. Elder Prize in the Indian Social Sciences, Merchants of Virtue explores the question of what it meant to be Hindu in precolonial South Asia. Divya Cherian …

<<i>Animal History</i> is now open for submissions

Animal History is now open for submissions

UC Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Animal History, a journal of historical research into animals and human-animal relationships.

<Q&A with Jacek Blaskiewicz, UC Press author and FirstGen scholar

Q&A with Jacek Blaskiewicz, UC Press author and FirstGen scholar

FirstGen scholar and author Jacek Blaskiewicz talks about his academic journey and new book “Fanfare for a City”

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Nicaragua Must Survive by Eline van Ommen

Nicaragua Must Survive

Eline van Ommen

Emperors and Rhetoricians by Moysés Marcos

Emperors and Rhetoricians

Moysés Marcos

Menace to Empire by Moon-Ho Jung

Menace to Empire

Moon-Ho Jung

Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume I, Part A by Shizhen Li

Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume I, Part A

Shizhen Li

Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume VI by Shizhen Li

Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume VI

Shizhen Li

Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume VII by Shizhen Li

Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume VII

Shizhen Li

Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume I, Part B by Shizhen Li

Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume I, Part B

Shizhen Li

A World Transformed by James Walvin

A World Transformed

James Walvin

Pious Labor by Amanda Lanzillo

Pious Labor

Amanda Lanzillo

North Korea’s Mundane Revolution by Andre Schmid

North Korea’s Mundane Revolution

Andre Schmid

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The Book of Yokai by Michael Dylan Foster

The Book of Yokai

Michael Dylan Foster

Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Dictee

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Tending the Wild by M. Kat Anderson

Tending the Wild

M. Kat Anderson

A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety by Sarah Jaquette Ray

A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety

Sarah Jaquette Ray

Black against Empire by Joshua Bloom, Waldo E. Martin Jr.

Black against Empire

Joshua Bloom, Waldo E. Martin Jr.

The California Naturalist Handbook by Greg de Nevers, Deborah Stanger Edelman, Adina Merenlender

The California Naturalist Handbook

Greg de Nevers, Deborah Stanger Edelman, Adina Merenlender

Infinite City by Rebecca Solnit

Infinite City

Rebecca Solnit

Unfathomable City by Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Snedeker

Unfathomable City

Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Snedeker

Nonstop Metropolis by Rebecca Solnit, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro

Nonstop Metropolis

Rebecca Solnit, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro

Lost Names by Richard E. Kim

Lost Names

Richard E. Kim

Journals

Boom California

California History

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences

Journal of Vietnamese Studies

Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos

Pacific Historical Review

The Public Historian

Luminos Open Access Titles

Beyond the Binary by Saadia Yacoob

Beyond the Binary

Saadia Yacoob

Producing Feminism by Jennifer S. Clark

Producing Feminism

Jennifer S. Clark

Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta by Ned Randolph

Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta

Ned Randolph

Pious Labor by Amanda Lanzillo

Pious Labor

Amanda Lanzillo

Maverick Movies by Daniel Herbert

Maverick Movies

Daniel Herbert

Novel Palestine by Nora E.H. Parr

Novel Palestine

Nora E.H. Parr

Political Moods by Travis Workman

Political Moods

Travis Workman

Becoming Global Asia by Cheryl Narumi Naruse

Becoming Global Asia

Cheryl Narumi Naruse

Aspects of Kinship in Ancient Iran by D. T. Potts

Aspects of Kinship in Ancient Iran

D. T. Potts

Celluloid Democracy by Hieyoon Kim

Celluloid Democracy

Hieyoon Kim