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The Tropical Turn
This book chronicles the earliest histories of familiar tropical Asian crops in the ancient Middle East and the Mediterranean, from rice and cotton to citruses and cucumbers. Drawing on archaeological ...
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The Road to Empire
From the late seventeenth century to the late eighteenth century, the Sikh community transformed from a relatively insignificant religious minority to an elevated position of kingship and empire.
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The Problem with Solutions
A concise and feisty takedown of the all-style, no-substance tech ventures that fail to solve our food crises. Why has Silicon Valley become the model for addressing today's myriad social and ...
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On the Wrong Side
This explosive investigation reveals the profound failures of the Title IX system and identifies concrete, surprisingly simple steps we can take to protect students. The debate over campus sexual ...
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month through Poetry
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15-October 15. For this year's celebration, we present three poems featured in the upcoming poetry anthology The Serpent and the Fire: Poetries of ...
University of California Press19d
Public History in the South
Public history practice in the southern United States faces multidirectional threats. Climate change–with attendant warming temperatures, rising waters, and extreme weather events–threatens historic ...
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The Anatomy of Fake News
Since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, concerns about fake news have fostered calls for government regulation and industry intervention to mitigate the influence of false content. These proposals ...
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Q&A with Charlotte Biltekoff, author of "Real Food, Real Facts"
In recent decades, many members of the public have come to see processed food as a problem that needs to be solved by eating "real" food and reforming the food system. But for many food industry ...
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UC Press Blog
In her highly original book, Charlotte Biltekoff explores the role that science and scientific authority play in food industry responses to consumer concerns about what we eat and how it is made. Real ...
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An interview with Paul Unschuld, translator of the "Ben Cao Gang Mu"
This interview was originally published here, and is reposted with permission. The Ben Cao Gang Mu is not only an ancient pharmacopoeia, but also a living museum. In the 16th century, after 27 years ...
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UC Press September Award Winners
Lucia Carminati is Associate Professor of History in the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History at the University of Oslo. Seeking Bread and Fortune in Port Said probes migrant labor's ...
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News: Recent UC Press Book Signings
Founding president of the Association for Weight and Size Inclusive Medicine and physician, educator, author, and speaker Lisa Erlanger MD’s GETTING THE HEALTHCARE YOU DESERVE IN THE BODY YOU HAVE, ...