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Sanford Lakoff and Herbert F. York

A Shield in Space?

$49.95

A Shield in Space? by Sanford Lakoff and Herbert F. York examines the Reagan administration’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), launched in 1983 and popularly dubbed “Star Wars.” Drawing on the program’s first five years, they argue SDI embodied misplaced faith in technological salvation: a politically driven shortcut that bypassed normal vetting and sidelined Defense and State. A technically uninformed president greenlit a research push to make nuclear weapons “impotent and obsolete,” hoping advanced technologies could replace deterrence. The record, they contend, shows otherwise: comprehensive, reliable defenses have not emerged and, even if feasible, would likely be vulnerable to countermeasures, failing to ensure confidence against a massive attack. Belief in a decisive, last technological move is thus a fallacy. Given these realities, letting hope for a space shield shape planning or block deep cuts in offensive arsenals would be folly; stability, integration, and cooperation offer a realistic path to durable peace.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.

Sherburne F. Cook and Woodrow Borah

Essays in Population History, Volume One

$49.95

Essays in Population History: Mexico and the Caribbean, Volume One brings together a series of seven essays that examine the demographic history of Mexico and the Caribbean. The essays are the result of years of research, focused primarily on the impact of European conquest on the indigenous populations of the Western Hemisphere, particularly in central Mexico. By examining a variety of archival sources and historical records, the volume addresses the complexities of historical demography, such as gaps in data and inconsistencies in tribute records. The authors' work spans several centuries, from the sixteenth century to the national census of 1960, offering a comprehensive view of the population dynamics in Mexico.

The volume begins by detailing the methodology used in the study of historical demography, such as the creation of coefficients of change and the analysis of population characteristics like family structures and civil categories. It then presents focused studies on the population of different regions, including the Mixteca Alta and west-central Mexico, with comparisons to other areas in the Americas, like Hispaniola and Colombia. The authors explore how geography, climate, and regional histories influenced the patterns of population decline after European contact. The essays also examine how social stratification and tribute systems shaped the demographics of indigenous communities. This volume is the first of a planned series, and while it presents detailed findings, it also sets the stage for future research into other regions and time periods.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971.

Essays in Population History, Volume One

Carol Devens

Countering Colonization

$39.95

Countering Colonization: Native American Women and Great Lakes Missions, 1630-1900 delves into the complex interplay of gender, colonization, and resistance in Native American communities. This groundbreaking study seeks to shift Native American women from the margins of history to their rightful place as active participants in the narrative. Focusing on the missions in the Great Lakes region, the book explores how indigenous gender dynamics influenced responses to missionary endeavors and colonization. By examining Jesuit and Protestant missions over several centuries, it uncovers patterns of community unity, grudging accommodation, and gender-based division that highlight the nuanced effects of colonization.

Through meticulous analysis of historical records and missionary accounts, the book reveals how colonial systems disrupted Native American gender relations, particularly as missionaries introduced European patriarchal norms. These disruptions often caused deep rifts within communities, with men and women taking divergent paths toward either assimilation or resistance. The study argues that tensions between genders in Native communities were not inherent but were instead a direct consequence of colonization. This nuanced perspective reshapes our understanding of Native American social dynamics and provides critical insights into the enduring impact of colonial forces on indigenous cultures.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.

Roger Garside

China Coup

$23.95

An expert’s take on how a coup in China could launch a transition to democracy.

This short book predicts—contrary to the prevailing consensus—that China’s leader Xi Jinping will very soon be removed from office in a coup d’état mounted by rivals in the top leadership. The leaders of the coup will then end China’s one-party dictatorship and launch a transition to democracy and the rule of law. Long-time diplomat and development banker Roger Garside draws on his deep knowledge of Chinese politics and economics first to develop a detailed scenario of how these events may unfold, and then—in the main body of the book—to explain why. His gripping, persuasive account of how Chinese leaders plot and plan away from the public eye is unique in published literature.

Garside argues that under Xi’s overconfident leadership, China is on a collision course with an America that is newly awakened out of complacency. As Xi’s rivals look abroad, they are alarmed that he is blind to the reactions that China’s actions have provoked from the world’s strongest power and its allies. In domestic affairs, Xi’s rivals recognize that economic and social change without political reform have created problems that require not just new leaders but a new system of government. Security abroad and stability at home demand a revolution to which Xi is implacably opposed. To save China—and themselves—from catastrophe, they must remove him and end the dictatorship he is determined to defend. But their will and capacity to do so depend crucially on how liberal democracies act. Garside’s scenario shows America leading its allies in creating the conditions in which Xi’s rivals move against him.

Carol Devens

Countering Colonization

$95.00

Countering Colonization: Native American Women and Great Lakes Missions, 1630-1900 delves into the complex interplay of gender, colonization, and resistance in Native American communities. This groundbreaking study seeks to shift Native American women from the margins of history to their rightful place as active participants in the narrative. Focusing on the missions in the Great Lakes region, the book explores how indigenous gender dynamics influenced responses to missionary endeavors and colonization. By examining Jesuit and Protestant missions over several centuries, it uncovers patterns of community unity, grudging accommodation, and gender-based division that highlight the nuanced effects of colonization.

Through meticulous analysis of historical records and missionary accounts, the book reveals how colonial systems disrupted Native American gender relations, particularly as missionaries introduced European patriarchal norms. These disruptions often caused deep rifts within communities, with men and women taking divergent paths toward either assimilation or resistance. The study argues that tensions between genders in Native communities were not inherent but were instead a direct consequence of colonization. This nuanced perspective reshapes our understanding of Native American social dynamics and provides critical insights into the enduring impact of colonial forces on indigenous cultures.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.

Terrence J. McDonald

The Parameters of Urban Fiscal Policy

$95.00

The Parameters of Urban Fiscal Policy: Socioeconomic Change and Political Culture in San Francisco, 1860–1906 explores the intricate relationship between politics, socioeconomic development, and fiscal policy in a rapidly urbanizing San Francisco. Initially conceived as a social history, this work evolved into a nuanced examination of how municipal fiscal policies were shaped not only by structural socioeconomic forces but also by the strategies and ideologies of political actors. With a focus on municipal expenditures, taxation, and revenue, the book reveals how political culture and competition defined the parameters of fiscal decisions, challenging the assumption that urban public sectors are mere reflections of socioeconomic trends.

Through a combination of quantitative analysis and political history, the book uncovers surprising insights, such as the reluctance of 19th-century San Francisco politicians to expand public services, driven by an ingrained low-tax ethos and electoral strategy. This dynamic changed with the rise of progressive reformers in the 1890s, who reshaped fiscal policy to prioritize public investment. By bridging the "old" political history's focus on personalities and institutions with the "new" social history's structural analysis, this study provides a comprehensive understanding of how fiscal policy both reflected and influenced the city’s transformation during a pivotal era.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1986.

Daniel R. Brower

The Russian City Between Tradition and Modernity, 1850-1900

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The Russian City Between Tradition and Modernity, 1850-1900 by Daniel R. Brower explores how Russia’s urban centers became key arenas of reform, contestation, and cultural imagination in the late tsarist era. Between the Great Reforms and the Revolution of 1905, provincial towns joined Moscow and St. Petersburg as sites of demographic growth, manufacturing, trade, education, and print culture. Cities embodied both the promises and perils of reform: they symbolized progress toward enlightenment, prosperity, and order, but also revealed tensions between servility and freedom, backwardness and civilization. Brower examines not only population movements, economic activity, and municipal regulations but also the ideals, debates, and practices through which urban dwellers sought to make the city their own.

Blending quantitative analysis with cultural and anthropological perspectives, Brower introduces the concept of “urbanism” to capture how Russians perceived and shaped their towns in dialogue with Western models and fears. Merchants, migrants, doctors, educators, and officials all created “multiple urban images,” whether celebrating industriousness, condemning disorder, or advocating sanitation, schooling, and civic order. Drawing on census data, archival sources, and the print culture of nearly sixty centers, Brower develops a model of the “migrant city” while situating Russian urbanism in broader European contexts. His synthesis highlights the city’s central role in Russia’s social transformation, placing urban history alongside rural experience as essential to understanding the tensions between tradition and modernity in late imperial Russia.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.

William Henry Ellison

A Self-Governing Dominion

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A Self-governing Dominion: California, 1849–1860 by William Henry Ellison traces California’s turbulent political evolution from the framing of its first constitution to the factional battles that culminated on the eve of the Civil War. Ellison interprets the decade as a formative era when Californians, spurred by circumstance and necessity, developed a strong ethos of self-rule—sometimes cooperative, often contentious, but always marked by a determination to assert autonomy in shaping local and state institutions. The narrative begins with military occupation and improvised legal systems in the wake of conquest, moving through the gold rush and the constitutional convention at Monterey, and continuing into the 1850s with debates over land ownership, Indian policy, vigilante justice, sectional division, and political patronage. At each stage, Ellison underscores the central theme: Californians perceived themselves as a people apart, compelled to devise political structures without waiting for distant authority.

Drawing upon both archival sources and established scholarship, Ellison reconstructs how the new state managed competing claims of sovereignty and legitimacy while simultaneously navigating national controversies over slavery, federal land policy, and Native dispossession. The book highlights emblematic episodes: the Bear Flag Revolt’s improvised republicanism, the persistence of alcalde justice amid American common-law innovations, the explosive constitutional debates over suffrage and slavery, and the dramatic contests between William Gwin and David Broderick, whose rivalry epitomized California’s struggle to define its political identity. Ellison emphasizes how fortuitous circumstances—California’s distance from Washington, the sudden influx of gold seekers, and the sectional tensions rending the nation—magnified the stakes of local decision-making. In presenting California as a “self-governing dominion,” Ellison provides not only a detailed account of a unique frontier political culture but also a reinterpretation of how the state’s formative decade secured its place within the Union while cultivating a tradition of political independence.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1950.

Mahesh C. Regmi

Landownership in Nepal

$39.95

Landownership in Nepal explores the intricate interplay between agrarian institutions and the socio-political landscape of Nepal, aiming to illuminate the historical evolution of land tenure systems and their implications for economic development. This book underscores the importance of understanding Nepal’s landownership framework, not only for crafting effective economic policies but also for appreciating its influence on societal structures. With a focus on Raikar land tenure—Nepal’s traditional system of state ownership—the study delves into the transformation of land grants, communal ownership, and taxation practices, as well as labor obligations tied to land tenure. By tracing these developments from historical origins to the reforms initiated after the fall of the Rana government in 1951, the book contextualizes the complex landlord-tenant dynamics and the challenges of transitioning to private ownership.

Mahesh C. Regmi’s work methodically unpacks the evolution of Nepal's agrarian systems through detailed chapters on various forms of tenure, such as Birta, Guthi, and Jagir, and their socio-economic ramifications. The book culminates in an analysis of land reform measures under the Panchayat system, offering insights into the broader trends in landownership and their alignment with national development goals. Drawing on the author’s extensive research from his earlier multi-volume study, this book serves as both a foundational reference for scholars and a call to further investigate Nepal’s agrarian history. With a multidisciplinary lens, Landownership in Nepal bridges the domains of economics, history, and social science, making it an essential read for understanding the enduring influence of land on Nepalese society.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.

William Perkins, With an Introduction and Annotations by Dale L. Morgan and James R. Scobie

William Perkins's Journal of Life at Sonora, 1849 - 1852

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William Perkins’s Journal of Life at Sonora, 1849–1852 opens a vivid, ground-level window onto the California Gold Rush that few Forty-niner narratives even attempt. Where most memoirs climax at landfall, Perkins “opens up like a flower in the sun” only after reaching the diggings, delivering a sustained, seen-from-within chronicle of Sonora—the uniquely cosmopolitan “Sonoranian Camp” of the Southern Mines. Edited and annotated by Dale L. Morgan and James R. Scobie, this definitive edition restores a voice long relegated to a footnote: an early Sonora merchant and town official with a reporter’s eye for social texture. Perkins writes from the streets and sluices of a boomtown remarkable for its foreign-born communities and—exceptionally for mining camps—its numerous women, from Sonoran and Chilean families to later French arrivals. The result is not merely a ledger of ounces and claims, but a sociological portrait in motion, alive to manners, languages, conflicts, and convivialities that made Sonora unlike any other camp.

The editors frame Perkins’s Sonora years with a gripping prelude: the company’s lesser-traveled crossing through Mexico in 1849, juxtaposed with the tart, often contradictory on-the-spot account by fellow traveler Samuel McNeil. Storm-tossed steamers, cholera-shadowed waystations, mule trains over Durango’s high sierra—these pages contextualize the “arrival” that Gold Rush literature typically treats as an endpoint. Morgan and Scobie’s introduction and notes sift names, dates, and local lore with archival rigor, clarifying contested biographical details and situating Perkins alongside the era’s immigrant networks and emergent institutions. For historians of the West, readers of travel writing, and anyone seeking the lived complexity behind Gold Rush myth, this book turns a little-known diarist into a central witness—one whose luminous, often surprising observations permanently enlarge the story of California’s Southern Mines.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1964.

Arthur M. Eckstein

Senate and General

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Senate and General: Individual Decision Making and Roman Foreign Relations, 264–194 B.C. by Arthur M. Eckstein reconsiders the traditional view that the Roman senate exercised consistent and centralized control over foreign policy in the middle republic. Building on close readings of Livy, Polybius, and other sources, Eckstein argues that while the senate certainly possessed legal authority and wielded enormous prestige, the reality of decision making was far more diffuse, improvised, and contingent. In practice, Roman magistrates and generals in the field—often consuls with imperium—played a vital role in shaping the Republic’s external relations, and their ad hoc choices frequently became the foundation of formal policy once the senate ratified them. Rather than the senate directing a coherent program of imperial expansion, foreign relations from the First Punic War through the post-Hannibalic period were characterized by flexibility, delegation, and a high tolerance for local initiative.

Organized by geography, the book traces Rome’s responses to crises in northern Italy, Sicily, Spain, Africa, and Greece, demonstrating how the senate’s influence was strongest on the Italian frontier but increasingly tenuous overseas. In regions like Sicily, Spain, and the Greek East, generals often determined whether alliances were struck, treaties concluded, or wars initiated, sometimes with only vague or delayed guidance from Rome. Eckstein situates this within the broader primitiveness of ancient diplomacy: the absence of permanent embassies, poor record-keeping, and the cumbersome structure of the senate itself made coherent, long-term planning difficult. Against interpretations that depict Rome as pursuing a deliberate policy of imperialist aggression, Eckstein emphasizes the improvisatory nature of republican decision making amid a volatile Mediterranean environment. The study ultimately portrays Roman expansion as the outcome of aristocratic trust, institutional decentralization, and the contingent actions of individual commanders, offering a nuanced corrective to both older constitutionalist models and modern theories of systematic Roman imperialism.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1987.

Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Out of Our Minds

$32.95

"A stimulating history of how the imagination interacted with its sibling psychological faculties—emotion, perception and reason—to shape the history of human mental life."—The Wall Street Journal

To imagine—to see what is not there—is the startling ability that has fueled human development and innovation through the centuries. As a species we stand alone in our remarkable capacity to refashion the world after the picture in our minds.

Traversing the realms of science, politics, religion, culture, philosophy, and history, Felipe Fernández-Armesto reveals the thrilling and disquieting tales of our imaginative leaps—from the first Homo sapiens to the present day. Through groundbreaking insights in cognitive science, Fernández-Armesto explores how and why we have ideas in the first place, providing a tantalizing glimpse into who we are and what we might yet accomplish. Unearthing historical evidence, he begins by reconstructing the thoughts of our Paleolithic ancestors to reveal the subtlety and profundity of the thinking of early humans. A masterful paean to the human imagination from a wonderfully elegant thinker, Out of Our Minds shows that bad ideas are often more influential than good ones; that the oldest recoverable thoughts include some of the best; that ideas of Western origin often issued from exchanges with the wider world; and that the pace of innovative thinking is under threat.

Lynn Welchman

Al-Haq

$34.95

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.

The leadership and legacy of al-Haq, from its origins in Palestine to its international impact

Established in Ramallah in 1979, al-Haq was the first Palestinian human rights organization and one of the first such organizations in the Arab world. This inside history explores how al-Haq initiated methodologies in law and practice that were ahead of its time and that proved foundational for many strands of today’s human rights work in Palestine and elsewhere. Lynn Welchman looks at both al-Haq’s history and legacy to explore such questions as: Why would one set up a human rights organization under military occupation? How would one go about promoting the rule of law in a Palestinian society deleteriously served by the law and with every reason to distrust those charged with implementing its protections? How would one work to educate overseas allies and activate international law in defense of Palestinian rights? This revelatory story speaks to the practice of local human rights organizations and their impact on international groups.

Leonard Binder

Religion and Politics in Pakistan

$49.95

Religion and Politics in Pakistan explores the contested role of Islam in the creation and early constitutional development of Pakistan. Tracing debates from the last years of British rule through the first decade of independence, the book examines how politicians, religious scholars, and intellectuals struggled to define the meaning of an “Islamic state.” Pakistan’s founding was driven by anxieties over Hindu majoritarianism, the logic of partition, and the promise of Muslim self-determination. Yet the new nation emerged without a clear consensus about the political application of Islamic principles. Politicians spoke of an Islamic spirit yet had no concrete blueprint, while the ‘ulama’ insisted that the outlines of an Islamic constitution were already available within traditional jurisprudence. Between these poles, modernists and fundamentalists offered rival interpretations, and secularists in the bureaucracy and military pressed for pragmatic solutions.

The book situates these debates within Pakistan’s broader political and social transformations. It analyzes the rise of the Pakistan Muslim League, the influence of reformist thinkers, and the emergence of the Jamaʿat-i-Islami under Abul Aʿla Maududi as a powerful voice for fundamentalism. It charts the centrality of controversies such as the Objectives Resolution, the authority of the legislature versus the shariʿa, and the Ahmadiyya question, showing how they forced political actors to clarify their positions. By reconstructing the constituent process as both political struggle and intellectual exchange, the study demonstrates how tradition, modernism, and fundamentalism contended with one another in shaping Pakistan’s evolving constitutional order. This nuanced account highlights the intersection of religious ideals, political theory, and pragmatic governance in the formative years of the Pakistani state.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1961.

Jana K. Lipman

In Camps

$95.00

Robert Ferrell Book Prize Honorable Mention 2021, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
Book Award for Outstanding Achievement in History Honorable Mention 2022, Association for Asian American Studies

After the US war in Vietnam, close to 800,000 Vietnamese left the country by boat, survived, and sought refuge throughout Southeast Asia and the Pacific. This is the story of what happened in the camps. In Camps raises key questions that remain all too relevant today: Who is a refugee? Who determines this status? And how does it change over time?

From Guam to Malaysia and the Philippines to Hong Kong, In Camps is the first major work on Vietnamese refugee policy to pay close attention to host territories and to explore Vietnamese activism in the camps and the diaspora. This book explains how Vietnamese were transformed from de facto refugees to individual asylum seekers to repatriates. Ambitiously covering people on the ground—local governments, teachers, and corrections officers—as well as powerful players such as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the US government, Jana Lipman shows that the local politics of first asylum sites often drove international refugee policy. Unsettling most accounts of Southeast Asian migration to the US, In Camps instead emphasizes the contingencies inherent in refugee policy and experiences.

K. S. Liew

Struggle for Democracy

$39.95

Struggle for Democracy: Sung Chiao-jen and the 1911 Chinese Revolution by K. S. Liew offers a penetrating study of one of the central yet often overlooked figures of modern Chinese history. Sung Chiao-jen, revolutionary organizer, party founder, and political visionary, emerged as a leader during the tumultuous decade that culminated in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty. His assassination in 1913, just as the fledgling Republic sought stability, symbolized both the promise and fragility of China’s democratic experiment. Liew situates Sung within the broader sweep of revolutionary thought, factional politics, and the struggles between reformers, militarists, and constitutionalists. In doing so, he sheds light on the competing currents that shaped the 1911 Revolution and the fragile institutions that followed.

Drawing on extensive archival research across China, Japan, and Taiwan, as well as a wide range of Chinese and Western sources, Liew reconstructs Sung’s intellectual formation, his organizational strategies, and his vision for parliamentary governance. The book also engages with the enduring historiographical debate over whether Sung’s pursuit of cabinet government and party politics represented progressive foresight or dangerous moderation in the face of Yuan Shih-k’ai’s ambitions. By tracing Sung’s short yet pivotal career, Struggle for Democracy illuminates both the internal contradictions of China’s first republic and the wider historical trajectory that would lead away from democratic aspiration toward authoritarian rule. It is an essential resource for scholars of modern China, revolutionary movements, and the challenges of democratic institution-building.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971.

Michael Lewis

Rioters and Citizens

$49.95

On 22 July 1918 a group of Japanese fishermen's wives met in a small village on the coast to discuss what they could do to lower the spiraling cost of rice. This peaceful meeting gave rise to the 1918 race riots, a series of mass demonstrations and armed clashes that spread rapidly throughout the country on a scale unprecedented in modern Japanese history.

In this penetrating study, Michael Lewis questions standard historical interpretations of the riots. What political significance did the riots have in the communities where they occurred? How and why did protest change from region to region or when carried out by different groups? How did officials, community leaders, and businessmen cope with the unrest? What effects did the riots have on national and local political relations and economic ties among these various groups?

Lewis argues that the 1918 protests defy a single typology--urban and rural protests had different causes, patterns, forms of mediation, and resolutions. In 1918 Meiji leaders had been struggling for fifty years to create a new citizenry, unified ideologically and consistently supportive of national goals. The disunity revealed by the riots does not suggest that Japan had become polarized between the people and the state; rather, in the wake of the riots, new forms of social policy and public political involvement became possible.

In analyzing the changing traditions of Japanese popular protest in the transition from a rural to an industrial economy, Rioters and Citizens suggests that the diversity of Japanese protests necessitates a rethinking of the stereotypical images of prewar Japanese society as blandly uniform and rigidly controlled by government ideology. It further suggests that in Japan, as in Europe, the action of the unenfranchised crowd came to influence the course of political and social change.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.

Richard G. Hewlett and Jack M. Holl with a Foreword by Richard S. Kirkendall and an Essay on Sources by Roger M. Anders

Atoms for Peace and War, 1953-1961

$115.00

Explore the critical juncture in modern history when nuclear technology transitioned from secretive military innovation to a defining force in global politics, economics, and society. Atoms for Peace and War: Eisenhower and the Atomic Energy Commission, 1953–1961 provides a comprehensive narrative of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s pivotal role in shaping nuclear policy during a transformative era. This authoritative account examines the evolution of atomic energy within the United States, charting its profound impact on military strategy, international diplomacy, and domestic economic development.

Spanning the years from Eisenhower’s secretive 1952 pre-inauguration briefing on nuclear technology to the conclusion of his presidency in 1961, this meticulously researched book delves into the operations of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the debates over nuclear testing, and the challenges of international cooperation in the nuclear age. The work sheds light on groundbreaking initiatives like the "Atoms for Peace" program, the revision of the Atomic Energy Act, and efforts to promote nuclear power, while also addressing the controversies surrounding nuclear fallout, disarmament, and the revocation of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s security clearance.

Based on unprecedented access to classified materials from the Eisenhower Presidential Library, the AEC archives, and Department of State records, this volume offers unparalleled insight into the policy decisions, technological advancements, and ethical dilemmas that defined an era. A compelling blend of technical analysis and historical narrative, Atoms for Peace and War is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the origins of nuclear policy and its enduring implications for the modern world.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.

Robert E. Cole

Strategies for Learning

$49.95

Strategies for Learning: Small-Group Activities in American, Japanese, and Swedish Industry by Robert E. Cole offers a sweeping comparative analysis of how three advanced economies have sought to harness small-group activities—quality circles, autonomous teams, and participatory work practices—as tools for organizational innovation and competitiveness. Cole investigates why American firms were slower and less effective adopters than their Japanese and Swedish counterparts, tracing the interplay of culture, labor relations, managerial strategy, and national infrastructure in shaping both successes and failures. By situating small-group practices in the larger contexts of industrial democracy, organizational design, and global market pressures, the book demonstrates how work-group innovations are never merely technical fixes, but culturally mediated strategies for managing people and production.

Rich in empirical detail, the study draws on field research, company surveys, and policy documents to show how quality circles in Japan became institutionalized mass movements, how Sweden’s democratic workplace agenda produced ambitious but uneven experiments in self-managing teams, and why U.S. firms often treated participation as a fad rather than a long-term system. Cole frames these developments within theories of innovation, diffusion, and political economy, underscoring how national infrastructures and managerial coalitions enable—or hinder—the institutionalization of change. For scholars and practitioners alike, Strategies for Learning provides a nuanced, comparative account of workplace participation that illuminates enduring debates about culture, productivity, and the democratization of work.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.

John C. Bollens

Special District Governments in the United States

$95.00

Special District Governments in the United States by John C. Bollens provides the first comprehensive analysis of one of the least understood but most rapidly expanding elements of American governance. Special districts—independent, single-purpose governments created to provide services such as water, sewage, fire protection, housing, irrigation, and education—have proliferated in both metropolitan and rural contexts, yet they have often remained obscure even to students of public administration. Bollens situates these units within the larger framework of American federalism, distinguishing them from dependent authorities and clarifying their legal, fiscal, and administrative independence. Drawing upon legislation, court cases, Census Bureau classifications, field interviews, and case studies from across the country, he traces how special districts have arisen in response to pressures of urban growth, suburban expansion, and rural modernization, as well as the technical demands of service delivery that general-purpose governments have struggled to meet. The book emphasizes the quantitative importance of these governments and their qualitative significance in revealing the service-oriented dimension of the modern state.

At the core of Bollens’ analysis is a typology that encompasses metropolitan districts, urban fringe districts, coterminous districts, rural districts, and school districts, each with distinct origins, governance structures, and financial arrangements. He shows how districts both solve pressing service problems and complicate democratic accountability, as low-visibility boards wield taxing and borrowing powers with limited public oversight. Case studies of entities such as the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, and Nebraska’s and Illinois’s contrasting school reorganization experiences illustrate the diverse ways in which districts adapt to local needs while fragmenting political authority. Bollens argues that these governments are “cutting edges” of functional expansion, revealing the tensions between efficiency, responsiveness, and coordination in American public administration. His study thus illuminates not only the rise of special districts but also the broader dynamics of institutional innovation and the evolution of American government.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1957.

G.W.S. Barrow

Robert Bruce

$95.00

G.W.S. Barrow’s Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland has long been recognized as a landmark study of both a pivotal monarch and the constitutional idea that underpinned Scotland’s survival as a polity in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. Rather than presenting Bruce as a solitary hero, Barrow situates him within the matrix of feudal society, factional rivalries, and legal culture that shaped his reign. He argues that Bruce’s achievement cannot be explained solely by his courage or political skill; it was rooted in his ability to embody and channel the principle of the *communitas regni Scotie*—the “community of the realm”—a constitutional ideal that gave coherence to Scottish resistance during two decades of crisis. Through close reading of charters, governmental records, and chronicles, Barrow traces how this concept operated in practice, especially in moments of guardianship, vacancy, and national emergency, culminating in the Declaration of Arbroath (1320) as a practical analogue to contemporary continental theories of sovereignty.

The book is therefore both a political biography and a constitutional history, showing how Bruce’s ambitions intersected with the collective will of the realm. Barrow analyzes Bruce’s shifting allegiances—first a supporter of Edward I, then a leader of resistance, and finally king crowned in the wake of John Comyn’s killing—as embedded in the broader struggle for Scotland’s independence. He emphasizes the durability of the Scottish polity: its capacity to sustain corporate action without a monarch, its educated clergy’s continental connections, and its leaders’ use of legal and feudal language to articulate sovereignty. By linking Bruce’s career to the evolving idea of a national community, Barrow illuminates how a small kingdom preserved its integrity against a more powerful neighbor. The result is an indispensable work for historians of medieval Scotland, constitutional thought, and the comparative study of medieval state formation.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1965.

Edited by Wayne S. Vucinich

Contemporary Yugoslavia

$95.00

Contemporary Yugoslavia: Twenty Years of Socialist Experiment offers a comprehensive analysis of Yugoslavia's political, economic, and social evolution since World War II. This volume, based on papers presented at a 1965 Stanford University conference, explores pivotal issues such as Yugoslavia's postwar reconstruction, its departure from Stalinist orthodoxy, and the adoption of "national communism." Featuring contributions from leading scholars, the book examines topics like Tito's leadership, the transformation of Yugoslav-Marxist thought, economic decentralization, and the complex nationality problem. The authors highlight Yugoslavia's unique trajectory, blending socialism with capitalistic reforms, and its impact on both domestic stability and international relations.

This insightful collection underscores the profound effects of wartime disruptions and Communist policies on Yugoslav society, from social modernization to enduring ethnic tensions. Essays delve into the struggle for national unity amid centrifugal forces, the role of strategic leadership, and the challenges of sustaining liberalization and democratization. For scholars and readers interested in Cold War history, socialist systems, or the Balkan region, this book provides a nuanced understanding of Yugoslavia's revolutionary path and its broader implications for global politics and social change.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1969.

Edited by David Rock

Latin America in the 1940s

$49.95

Latin America in the 1940s: War and Postwar Transitions delves into the transformative effects of World War II and the Cold War on Latin America's political and social landscape. This decade, marked by "global shocks," reshaped the region’s international relations, replacing deep ties with Europe with unprecedented dependence on the United States. Internally, the period witnessed a fleeting shift toward democracy, labor union growth, and populist movements in many nations, only to see these gains rolled back by the late 1940s. The book explores how these upheavals created the framework for Latin America's political struggles and economic strategies in the decades that followed.

Through a multidisciplinary lens, the volume examines the interplay of external pressures and internal dynamics in shaping the era’s outcomes. Key chapters highlight the economic transformations fueled by industrialization and population growth, alongside the challenges of uneven development and class tensions. Political case studies reveal a spectrum of experiences, from Brazil's oscillation between authoritarianism and populism to Uruguay's democratic resilience. The text also considers the lasting impact of U.S. Cold War policies, which curtailed reformist movements and cemented conservative regimes. Ultimately, the book situates the 1940s as a pivotal watershed, emphasizing its role in crystallizing the region's integration into a new global order and laying the groundwork for its future political and economic trajectories.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1994.

Michel Crozier

The Trouble with America

$39.95

Michel Crozier’s The Trouble with America offers a penetrating, Tocquevillian examination of the United States by one of France’s most influential sociologists. Drawing on his first encounters with America in the 1940s—when he discovered a nation of labor idealism, pragmatic management, and ambitious social science—Crozier contrasts the optimism of “happy days” with what he diagnoses in the 1980s as a pervasive legalism and cultural hesitation. The United States, he argues, once taught the world how negotiation, bargaining, and voluntary association could channel conflict into productive change. By the Reagan era, however, those same institutions had become defensive, procedural, and immobilized: unions obsessed with rules, universities dispirited, students self-enclosed, and voluntary associations fragmented into barricades of self-protection. His central themes—the “fear of decision,” the “delirium of due process,” and the loss of “demon virtue”—capture the paradox of a society whose strengths have hardened into constraints.

Part cultural diagnosis, part comparative sociology, and part warning, Crozier’s book illuminates how America’s fixation on rights, transparency, and procedure risks undermining its ability to adapt and govern itself. His vivid illustrations range from postwar union meetings to contemporary student attitudes toward innovation, from environmental opposition to nuclear power to the decline of civic institutions like the PTA. Like Alexis de Tocqueville before him, Crozier speaks as a European admirer both anxious and hopeful: anxious about the consequences of political and intellectual stagnation, but hopeful that America can renew itself by investing in intellectual effort, scientific capacity, and institutional reform. Written in a moment of cultural uncertainty but strikingly prescient today, The Trouble with America challenges policymakers, educators, and civic leaders to reconsider the balance between rights and responsibility, procedure and decision, and to recover the pragmatic energy that once inspired global admiration.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984.

Jonathan Kelley and Herbert S. Klein

Revolution and the Rebirth of Inequality

$39.95

Revolution and the Rebirth of Inequality: A Theory Applied to the National Revolution in Bolivia by Jonathan Kelley and Herbert S. Klein investigates how revolutions reshape social structures, asking whether promises of equality endure or if inequality reemerges in new forms. The authors develop a theory that while revolutions from below—such as those in France, Russia, China, and Bolivia—abolish exploitative elites and initially reduce inequality, in the long run education, skills, land, and capital allow some among the formerly oppressed to rise faster than others. As these advantages accumulate and are transmitted to children, new forms of inherited privilege develop, and inequality begins to grow again. Revolutions, they argue, do improve standards of living for the majority, but not evenly, and not indefinitely.

The book applies this theory to Bolivia’s National Revolution of 1952, when the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario dismantled centuries-old elites, disbanded the army, redistributed land, and nationalized mines and industries. Drawing on an unusually rich dataset—including ethnographic fieldwork, census data, and a large household survey—the authors provide one of the first systematic analyses of how a successful radical revolution affected ordinary people. They examine pre-revolutionary inequality, describe the dramatic upheaval of 1952, and trace the consequences over the following decade and beyond: shifts in income distribution, changes in social mobility, and the persistence or rebirth of privilege. By combining theoretical modeling with rigorous empirical evidence, the book offers both a case study of Bolivia and a broader framework for understanding the paradoxical outcomes of revolutions worldwide.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.

William Henry Ellison

A Self-Governing Dominion

$49.95

A Self-governing Dominion: California, 1849–1860 by William Henry Ellison traces California’s turbulent political evolution from the framing of its first constitution to the factional battles that culminated on the eve of the Civil War. Ellison interprets the decade as a formative era when Californians, spurred by circumstance and necessity, developed a strong ethos of self-rule—sometimes cooperative, often contentious, but always marked by a determination to assert autonomy in shaping local and state institutions. The narrative begins with military occupation and improvised legal systems in the wake of conquest, moving through the gold rush and the constitutional convention at Monterey, and continuing into the 1850s with debates over land ownership, Indian policy, vigilante justice, sectional division, and political patronage. At each stage, Ellison underscores the central theme: Californians perceived themselves as a people apart, compelled to devise political structures without waiting for distant authority.

Drawing upon both archival sources and established scholarship, Ellison reconstructs how the new state managed competing claims of sovereignty and legitimacy while simultaneously navigating national controversies over slavery, federal land policy, and Native dispossession. The book highlights emblematic episodes: the Bear Flag Revolt’s improvised republicanism, the persistence of alcalde justice amid American common-law innovations, the explosive constitutional debates over suffrage and slavery, and the dramatic contests between William Gwin and David Broderick, whose rivalry epitomized California’s struggle to define its political identity. Ellison emphasizes how fortuitous circumstances—California’s distance from Washington, the sudden influx of gold seekers, and the sectional tensions rending the nation—magnified the stakes of local decision-making. In presenting California as a “self-governing dominion,” Ellison provides not only a detailed account of a unique frontier political culture but also a reinterpretation of how the state’s formative decade secured its place within the Union while cultivating a tradition of political independence.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1950.

William Perkins, With an Introduction and Annotations by Dale L. Morgan and James R. Scobie

William Perkins's Journal of Life at Sonora, 1849 - 1852

$95.00

William Perkins’s Journal of Life at Sonora, 1849–1852 opens a vivid, ground-level window onto the California Gold Rush that few Forty-niner narratives even attempt. Where most memoirs climax at landfall, Perkins “opens up like a flower in the sun” only after reaching the diggings, delivering a sustained, seen-from-within chronicle of Sonora—the uniquely cosmopolitan “Sonoranian Camp” of the Southern Mines. Edited and annotated by Dale L. Morgan and James R. Scobie, this definitive edition restores a voice long relegated to a footnote: an early Sonora merchant and town official with a reporter’s eye for social texture. Perkins writes from the streets and sluices of a boomtown remarkable for its foreign-born communities and—exceptionally for mining camps—its numerous women, from Sonoran and Chilean families to later French arrivals. The result is not merely a ledger of ounces and claims, but a sociological portrait in motion, alive to manners, languages, conflicts, and convivialities that made Sonora unlike any other camp.

The editors frame Perkins’s Sonora years with a gripping prelude: the company’s lesser-traveled crossing through Mexico in 1849, juxtaposed with the tart, often contradictory on-the-spot account by fellow traveler Samuel McNeil. Storm-tossed steamers, cholera-shadowed waystations, mule trains over Durango’s high sierra—these pages contextualize the “arrival” that Gold Rush literature typically treats as an endpoint. Morgan and Scobie’s introduction and notes sift names, dates, and local lore with archival rigor, clarifying contested biographical details and situating Perkins alongside the era’s immigrant networks and emergent institutions. For historians of the West, readers of travel writing, and anyone seeking the lived complexity behind Gold Rush myth, this book turns a little-known diarist into a central witness—one whose luminous, often surprising observations permanently enlarge the story of California’s Southern Mines.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1964.

Richard G. Hewlett and Jack M. Holl with a Foreword by Richard S. Kirkendall and an Essay on Sources by Roger M. Anders

Atoms for Peace and War, 1953-1961

$75.00

Explore the critical juncture in modern history when nuclear technology transitioned from secretive military innovation to a defining force in global politics, economics, and society. Atoms for Peace and War: Eisenhower and the Atomic Energy Commission, 1953–1961 provides a comprehensive narrative of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s pivotal role in shaping nuclear policy during a transformative era. This authoritative account examines the evolution of atomic energy within the United States, charting its profound impact on military strategy, international diplomacy, and domestic economic development.

Spanning the years from Eisenhower’s secretive 1952 pre-inauguration briefing on nuclear technology to the conclusion of his presidency in 1961, this meticulously researched book delves into the operations of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the debates over nuclear testing, and the challenges of international cooperation in the nuclear age. The work sheds light on groundbreaking initiatives like the "Atoms for Peace" program, the revision of the Atomic Energy Act, and efforts to promote nuclear power, while also addressing the controversies surrounding nuclear fallout, disarmament, and the revocation of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s security clearance.

Based on unprecedented access to classified materials from the Eisenhower Presidential Library, the AEC archives, and Department of State records, this volume offers unparalleled insight into the policy decisions, technological advancements, and ethical dilemmas that defined an era. A compelling blend of technical analysis and historical narrative, Atoms for Peace and War is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the origins of nuclear policy and its enduring implications for the modern world.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.

Robert E. Cole

Strategies for Learning

$95.00

Strategies for Learning: Small-Group Activities in American, Japanese, and Swedish Industry by Robert E. Cole offers a sweeping comparative analysis of how three advanced economies have sought to harness small-group activities—quality circles, autonomous teams, and participatory work practices—as tools for organizational innovation and competitiveness. Cole investigates why American firms were slower and less effective adopters than their Japanese and Swedish counterparts, tracing the interplay of culture, labor relations, managerial strategy, and national infrastructure in shaping both successes and failures. By situating small-group practices in the larger contexts of industrial democracy, organizational design, and global market pressures, the book demonstrates how work-group innovations are never merely technical fixes, but culturally mediated strategies for managing people and production.

Rich in empirical detail, the study draws on field research, company surveys, and policy documents to show how quality circles in Japan became institutionalized mass movements, how Sweden’s democratic workplace agenda produced ambitious but uneven experiments in self-managing teams, and why U.S. firms often treated participation as a fad rather than a long-term system. Cole frames these developments within theories of innovation, diffusion, and political economy, underscoring how national infrastructures and managerial coalitions enable—or hinder—the institutionalization of change. For scholars and practitioners alike, Strategies for Learning provides a nuanced, comparative account of workplace participation that illuminates enduring debates about culture, productivity, and the democratization of work.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.

Sara S. Berry

Fathers Work for Their Sons

$39.95

This book delves into the dynamic changes in Nigeria's economy, particularly focusing on the intersection of agricultural development and the burgeoning petroleum industry in the 1970s. The study centers on Yoruba cocoa farmers in Oy State, offering a detailed analysis of how the cocoa-producing sector shaped regional political economies and social mobility. While oil wealth overshadowed agriculture as the dominant economic driver, the book emphasizes the lasting importance of cocoa farming in rural communities. It explores how farmers navigated economic shifts, including the rising dominance of the oil sector, which exposed deep-rooted tensions and challenges, especially in terms of agricultural stagnation and growing inequality. Through a case study of farmers' use of agricultural surplus and social strategies, the book sheds light on how accumulation patterns influenced class formation, rural poverty, and political participation.

The author examines how Yoruba farmers’ reliance on traditional kinship structures and seniority to access resources influenced their involvement in both agricultural and commercial activities. Rather than fitting neatly into Marxist or neoliberal frameworks, the study uncovers how farming families and their descendants maneuvered through political and economic landscapes shaped by patronage, state policies, and opportunities for social mobility. Education is highlighted as a key avenue for upward mobility, allowing the children of cocoa farmers to transition into urban professions and business. By following individual life histories and the broader regional political context, the book provides a rich narrative of how social, economic, and political processes interwove to shape class structures, inequalities, and collective action within western Nigeria’s evolving economy.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985.

Frank O. Miller

Minobe Tatsukichi

$95.00

Minobe Tatsukichi and the Evolution of Japanese Constitutionalism examines the life, work, and enduring impact of Minobe Tatsukichi, a pivotal figure in Japanese constitutional theory. While Minobe is often referenced in Western literature, his contributions have frequently been reduced to his association with the "emperor-organ theory" and his brief, dramatic clash with militarist factions during the 1935 Minobe Affair. This book seeks to expand beyond those limited narratives, exploring the depth and complexity of Minobe's scholarship, his influence on the interpretation of the Meiji Constitution, and his role in shaping modern Japanese political thought.

The study provides a detailed analysis of Minobe’s constitutional theories, tracing their implications for both prewar and postwar Japan. It situates Minobe as a key player in the evolution of liberal constitutionalism and its tensions with authoritarianism in Japan's modern era. By reevaluating Minobe's ideas in the context of Japan's political transitions—including the post-1945 constitutional reforms—the book sheds light on his lasting relevance. The narrative also addresses Minobe’s ambivalent position during the Occupation period, where his opposition to constitutional revision under American oversight marked a complex and often misunderstood chapter in his career. Through a comprehensive review of Minobe's writings, theoretical contributions, and historical impact, the book enriches our understanding of Japanese constitutional development and the intellectual currents that have shaped it.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1965.

Martin Halliwell

American Health Crisis

$29.95

A history of U.S. public health emergencies and how we can turn the tide.

Despite enormous advances in medical science and public health education over the last century, access to health care remains a dominant issue in American life. U.S. health care is often hailed as the best in the world, yet the public health emergencies of today often echo the public health emergencies of yesterday: consider the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918–19 and COVID-19, the displacement of the Dust Bowl and the havoc of Hurricane Maria, the Reagan administration’s antipathy toward the AIDS epidemic and the lack of accountability during the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

Spanning the period from the presidency of Woodrow Wilson to that of Donald Trump, American Health Crisis illuminates how—despite the elevation of health care as a human right throughout the world—vulnerable communities in the United States continue to be victimized by structural inequalities across disparate geographies, income levels, and ethnic groups. Martin Halliwell views contemporary public health crises through the lens of historical and cultural revisionings, suturing individual events together into a narrative of calamity that has brought us to our current crisis in health politics. American Health Crisis considers the future of public health in the United States and, presenting a reinvigorated concept of health citizenship, argues that now is the moment to act for lasting change.

Leo E. Rose

Nepal

$49.95

Nepal: Strategy for Survival delves into the intricate interplay of geography, history, and cultural dynamics that have shaped Nepal’s foreign policy and its interactions with neighboring giants, India and China. Situated along the Himalayan slopes, Nepal’s central location has historically made it both a cultural and commercial bridge between South and East Asia. The book examines Nepal’s strategic importance in controlling trans-Himalayan trade routes, its evolving border politics, and its delicate balancing act between these two influential powers. The analysis extends beyond political strategies, considering the profound impact of Nepal’s ethnic diversity, topographical challenges, and historical connections to Hindu and Buddhist traditions.

Through a detailed exploration of Nepal’s historical and modern diplomatic efforts, the book highlights the nation’s struggle to maintain autonomy while adapting to external pressures and internal complexities. It discusses key moments of Nepal's history, such as its entangled trade and territorial negotiations with Tibet and India, as well as its response to modern geopolitical shifts. Nepal: Strategy for Survival offers a comprehensive understanding of how this small but strategically vital nation has navigated its role as both a mediator and a protector of its unique identity in the midst of powerful regional influences. This work is an essential read for anyone seeking to understand the nuanced challenges of small-state diplomacy in a complex and dynamic region.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971.

Michael B. Miller

Shanghai on the Metro

$95.00

Secret agents, gun runners, White Russians, and con men—they all play a part in Michael B. Miller's strikingly original study of interwar France. Based on extensive research in security files and a mass of printed sources, Shanghai on the Métro shows how a distinctive milieu of spies and spy literature emerged between the two world wars, reflecting the atmosphere and concerns of these years.

Miller argues that French fascination with intrigue between the wars reveals a far more assured and playful national mood than historians have hitherto discerned in the final decades of the Third Republic. But the larger history set in motion by World War I and the subsequent reading of French history into global history are the true subjects of this work. Reconstituting through his own narratives the histories of interwar travel and adventure and the willful turning of contemporary affairs into a source of romance, Miller recovers the ambience and special qualities of the age that produced its intrigues and its tales of spies.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1994.

Lorne J. Kavic

India's Quest for Security

$39.95

India's Quest for Security: Defence Policies, 1947-1965 explores the intricate challenges faced by India in its pursuit of national security during its formative years as an independent nation. Against the backdrop of two immutable truths of international relations—the primacy of national self-interest and the enduring role of military power—the book examines how India navigated the complexities of defense policy from 1947 to 1965. It scrutinizes the strategies adopted by the Indian government under Jawaharlal Nehru, emphasizing the balance sought between security needs and resource limitations, and the intersection of moral postures with practical military actions. The study questions whether India’s espoused principles of nonviolence and peaceful coexistence genuinely shaped its defense policies or whether traditional power considerations dominated its approach.

Central to the book is an analysis of India's response to external threats from Pakistan and China, as well as its evolving military posture amidst global and regional tensions. The text delves into key episodes, including India's military engagements in Kashmir, Goa, Nagaland, and its border conflicts with China, highlighting how these shaped the country's defense priorities and expenditures. Furthermore, it investigates the processes through which defense policies were formulated, often reflecting Nehru’s personal influence, and evaluates the impact of these policies on India's military capabilities and international standing. Through a meticulous review of speeches, parliamentary debates, official documents, and firsthand accounts, the book offers insights into India’s strategic decisions, the challenges of policy implementation, and the enduring implications for its defense strategies post-1965.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.

Jacques Lévesque

The Enigma of 1989

$39.95

The Enigma of 1989: The USSR and the Liberation of Eastern Europe explores the pivotal events of 1989 that reshaped the global political landscape, focusing on the role of the Soviet Union in the collapse of Eastern European Communist regimes. The book centers on the unexpected Soviet passivity in the face of these changes, particularly under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev. Unlike the rigid Soviet policies of the past, Gorbachev’s approach allowed for a peaceful dissolution of the Soviet Empire and the fall of the Berlin Wall. The author examines how this surprising turn of events was not just a sign of Soviet weakness but also a strategic move within Gorbachev’s broader vision for a transformed international order, where Eastern European democratization was part of a controlled process aimed at benefiting the USSR.

The study argues that Gorbachev’s policies were driven by a new ideology of transition, which, despite its roots in Marxism and Leninism, sought to establish a world order based on new, universal values. This ideology, coupled with the immense risks Gorbachev took, helped him manage the crises in Eastern Europe, neutralize conservative opposition, and maintain Soviet influence in international politics until the fall of Eastern Europe in 1989. The book delves into the internal and external dynamics that led to the USSR’s passive role in the dissolution of Eastern Europe and links it to Gorbachev's broader efforts to transform both Soviet foreign policy and domestic politics. Ultimately, it concludes that the collapse of the Eastern European regimes marked the breaking point of Gorbachev’s ambitions, as it led to a loss of control over both the Soviet Union and his foreign policy initiatives.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1997.

John S. Galbraith

Crown and Charter

$95.00

Crown and Charter: The Early Years of the British South Africa Company delves into the complex origins and operations of one of the most controversial enterprises of European expansion in Africa. This meticulously researched volume examines the British South Africa Company, a chartered venture driven by Cecil John Rhodes' ambition and the permissive stance of the imperial government. While Rhodes' dominance shaped much of the company’s direction, the book illuminates the broader dynamics, including the interactions between the London board, imperial policymakers, and local contexts in Central Africa. Through vivid detail, the narrative explores the bold ambitions, ethical ambiguities, and far-reaching consequences of the company's early activities, including its ties to stock market speculation and its impact on indigenous populations.

The book balances a critical lens with historical analysis, capturing the contradictions between the company's stated ideals of promoting Christianity, commerce, and civilization and its often self-serving pursuits. With nuanced discussions on Rhodes' character, the moral implications of colonial endeavors, and the passive complicity of other stakeholders, the text provides a comprehensive view of this pivotal chapter in British imperial history. A compelling read for scholars and history enthusiasts alike, Crown and Charter offers both a detailed study of the British South Africa Company and a broader reflection on the ethics and realities of colonialism.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974.

F. G. Bailey

Politics and Social Change

$39.95

Politics and Social Change: Orissa in 1959 offers a dual exploration of political dynamics and theoretical frameworks, reflecting both the region's evolving democratic practices and broader questions in social anthropology. This work builds on earlier studies conducted in Orissa between 1952 and 1955, which examined village-level power dynamics and conflicts between aboriginal Konds and Hindu settlers. In this volume, the author extends the inquiry to explore how the modern institutions of representative democracy interact with traditional forms of social and political organization in Orissa, providing a detailed case study of a society undergoing significant transformation.

Set against the backdrop of political shifts in Orissa during 1959—a year marked by coalition-building and intense political maneuvering—the book captures the practical workings of parliamentary democracy in a diverse and stratified society. The unique political environment, characterized by alliances between the Congress party and smaller opposition groups, created an ideal context for observing the interplay of crisis and action, essential for social analysis. Additionally, the book critically examines how the methodologies of social anthropology, traditionally applied to smaller, isolated communities, can be adapted to analyze complex, multifaceted societies like Orissa, offering valuable insights for scholars of developing nations.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.

Eme O. Awa

Federal Government in Nigeria

$95.00

The book offers a critical analysis of Nigeria's political institutions, examining the country's government and constitution in depth. Aimed at stimulating intellectual engagement, particularly for students, it covers key topics such as the development of the party system, the structure of the federation, minority rights concerns, and the relationship between human rights and the social order. The study also explores policy development, the social philosophy underpinning the political system, and the broader social implications. By providing a conceptual framework for understanding Nigeria's political landscape, the book highlights the challenges of balancing minority fears with national unity and offers insight into the country's governance and its social and political foundations.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1964.

R. A. Burchell

The San Francisco Irish, 1848-1880

$39.95

In this vivid social history, R. A. Burchell follows the Irish who crossed not only the Atlantic but an entire continent to make a new kind of urban life in Gold Rush California. The San Francisco Irish, 1848–1880 overturns East Coast narratives of entrenched nativism to show how a city without an inherited ruling class—exploding from fewer than a thousand residents to a quarter million in three decades—opened political, economic, and ecclesiastical space to newcomers. Drawing on census manuscripts, city directories, newspapers, and institutional records, Burchell reconstructs a community that by 1880 comprised roughly a third of San Francisco’s inhabitants, with Catholicism the city’s largest denomination. He tracks the rise of Irish financiers and builders (the Donahues), the founding of banks and orphanages, and early victories at the ballot box—from Frank McCoppin’s mayoralty to Eugene Casserly’s seat in the U.S. Senate—arguing that California’s compressed, improvisational urbanization blunted older hierarchies and recast ethnic power.

Burchell does not romanticize. Against the major theme of mobility and opportunity runs a persistent minor key: structural inequality, the burdens of poverty and disease, and the familiar, if muted, suspicions attached to Catholic allegiance. By juxtaposing riot-scarred Boston and Philadelphia with San Francisco’s cross-confessional “live and let live” ethos, he explains both the city’s unusual tolerance and the limits of that tolerance. The result is a finely grained account of how Irish migrants fashioned institutions, leveraged patronage, and settled permanently—evident in lengthening residence patterns—within a volatile extractive economy driven by gold, railroads, and Nevada silver. A model case study in immigrant urban history, The San Francisco Irish reframes the nineteenth-century American city from the Pacific slope, where the absence of a long past made the future, for a time, radically negotiable.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.

William A. Schwartz and Charles Derber

The Nuclear Seduction

$95.00

The Nuclear Seduction: Why the Arms Race Doesn’t Matter—And What Does presents a provocative challenge to the conventional wisdom surrounding nuclear weapons and global security. The authors argue that the relentless focus on the arms race—the build-up and reduction of nuclear arsenals—misdirects attention from the true drivers of nuclear danger: geopolitical conflicts and superpower interventions. Drawing on historical case studies and rigorous analysis, the book reveals that the number and nature of nuclear weapons have far less impact on global safety than the volatile political and military entanglements of the United States and the Soviet Union, particularly in the Third World.

Moving beyond the "weapons paradigm," this groundbreaking work urges readers to consider how superpower actions in regions such as the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Central America perpetuate crises that could escalate into nuclear catastrophe. The book critiques arms control efforts as inadequate distractions and calls for a deeper reckoning with the political strategies that fan the flames of global instability. With a blend of incisive critique and bold insight, The Nuclear Seduction challenges policymakers, activists, and citizens alike to rethink the roots of nuclear peril and focus on the global conflicts that threaten humanity’s future.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.

Jonathan Kelley and Herbert S. Klein

Revolution and the Rebirth of Inequality

$95.00

Revolution and the Rebirth of Inequality: A Theory Applied to the National Revolution in Bolivia by Jonathan Kelley and Herbert S. Klein investigates how revolutions reshape social structures, asking whether promises of equality endure or if inequality reemerges in new forms. The authors develop a theory that while revolutions from below—such as those in France, Russia, China, and Bolivia—abolish exploitative elites and initially reduce inequality, in the long run education, skills, land, and capital allow some among the formerly oppressed to rise faster than others. As these advantages accumulate and are transmitted to children, new forms of inherited privilege develop, and inequality begins to grow again. Revolutions, they argue, do improve standards of living for the majority, but not evenly, and not indefinitely.

The book applies this theory to Bolivia’s National Revolution of 1952, when the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario dismantled centuries-old elites, disbanded the army, redistributed land, and nationalized mines and industries. Drawing on an unusually rich dataset—including ethnographic fieldwork, census data, and a large household survey—the authors provide one of the first systematic analyses of how a successful radical revolution affected ordinary people. They examine pre-revolutionary inequality, describe the dramatic upheaval of 1952, and trace the consequences over the following decade and beyond: shifts in income distribution, changes in social mobility, and the persistence or rebirth of privilege. By combining theoretical modeling with rigorous empirical evidence, the book offers both a case study of Bolivia and a broader framework for understanding the paradoxical outcomes of revolutions worldwide.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.

Kenneth Bourne

Britain and the Balance of Power in North America 1815-1908

$95.00

Kenneth Bourne’s Britain and the Balance of Power in North America, 1815–1908 offers an incisive analysis of British defense and foreign policy as shaped by the complex dynamics of Anglo-American relations. Rather than a conventional history of diplomatic interactions, this volume explores the strategic considerations and defense planning that underscored British policy towards the United States during periods of tension and transition. Bourne examines how the specter of potential conflict influenced British statesmen and military strategists, focusing on pivotal moments of crisis and the evolving balance of power across the 19th century.

Drawing on extensive archival research, including previously underexplored military and naval documents, Bourne reveals the interconnectedness of British defense priorities with broader imperial policies. The book highlights the shifts in defense strategy brought about by technological advancements, changing geopolitical realities, and the rise of American power. With its rich documentation and thoughtful synthesis, Britain and the Balance of Power in North America is an essential resource for scholars of military history, diplomatic relations, and 19th-century geopolitics. This meticulously crafted study illuminates the enduring complexities of transatlantic relations and their profound impact on British imperial strategy.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.

Aaron Windel

Cooperative Rule

$34.95

While many have interpreted the cooperative movement as propagating a radical alternative to capitalism, Cooperative Rule shows that in the late British Empire, cooperation became an important part of the armory of colonialism. The system was rooted in British rule in India at the end of the nineteenth century. Officials and experts saw cooperation as a unique solution to the problems of late colonialism, one able to both improve economic conditions and defuse anticolonial politics by allowing community uplift among the empire’s primarily rural inhabitants. A truly transcolonial history, this ambitious book examines the career of cooperation from South Asia to Eastern and Central Africa and finally to Britain. In tracing this history, Aaron Windel opens the door for a reconsideration of how the colonial uses of cooperation and community development influenced the reimagination of community in Europe and America from the 1960s onward.

Bertrand Harris Bronson

Facets of the Enlightenment

$49.95

Facets of the Enlightenment: Studies in English Literature and Its Contexts presents a collection of essays that delve into various aspects of English culture during the eighteenth century. The author emphasizes the complexity of this era, acknowledging its contradictions, self-contradictions, and violent contrasts. The essays aim to offer a balanced view of the period, recognizing both its virtues and shortcomings.

The author reflects on his deep engagement with the Enlightenment era, noting that his interest began in the classroom, both as a student and a teacher. His approach to teaching the Age of Johnson led him to explore not only literature but also social history, intellectual trends, the backgrounds of authors, and other artistic expressions of the time. The collection is driven by a desire to explore the interconnectedness of the arts and literature, challenging simplistic cultural history narratives and questioning the early disappearance of classical ideals.

The essays are varied, some examining the development of trends, others focusing on individual authors or works. While the papers were not written specifically for the classroom, they are rooted in the author's educational experience. Overall, the work expresses a sympathy for the intellectual and moral stance represented by Samuel Johnson, characterized by a positive and dynamic classicism, despite the superficial contradictions of the period.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1968.

Jeffrey Burton Russell

Dissent and Reform in the Early Middle Ages

$95.00

Dissent and Reform in the Early Middle Ages explores the complex relationship between orthodoxy and heresy, focusing on the ways in which dissent shaped the religious and intellectual landscape of medieval Europe. The book examines key moments in the early Middle Ages, such as the trial and execution of Ramihrd in 1077, to demonstrate the brutal repression faced by those who deviated from accepted Catholic teachings. By tracing the motivations behind dissent, whether rooted in reform, moral critique, or intellectual independence, the author sheds light on how both heretics and the Church viewed the tensions between right belief and right conduct. Dissenters, despite often facing violent repression, were frequently driven by a deep moral or spiritual commitment, challenging the orthodoxy that sought to maintain control over religious thought and practice. This study offers a historical perspective on how dissent was not only an opposition to Church authority but also an integral part of the medieval intellectual and social fabric.

The book also delves into the different types of dissent that emerged during this period, such as Reformists, Eccentrics, and Catharists, each of whom presented alternative theological or moral viewpoints that threatened the Church’s established doctrines. The term heretic is interrogated within the historical and political context of the time, as dissent was often seen as a moral or social threat rather than purely a theological deviation. By identifying the various movements of dissent and reform, the study connects these figures and their beliefs to broader changes in medieval thought and society, highlighting the ways in which nonconformity both challenged and contributed to the development of Christian doctrine. Through this lens, the book examines the intersection of faith, power, and intellectual inquiry in shaping medieval Christianity, offering insight into the pivotal role that dissent played in the evolution of Western religious and cultural history.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1965.

John S. Galbraith

Crown and Charter

$49.95

Crown and Charter: The Early Years of the British South Africa Company delves into the complex origins and operations of one of the most controversial enterprises of European expansion in Africa. This meticulously researched volume examines the British South Africa Company, a chartered venture driven by Cecil John Rhodes' ambition and the permissive stance of the imperial government. While Rhodes' dominance shaped much of the company’s direction, the book illuminates the broader dynamics, including the interactions between the London board, imperial policymakers, and local contexts in Central Africa. Through vivid detail, the narrative explores the bold ambitions, ethical ambiguities, and far-reaching consequences of the company's early activities, including its ties to stock market speculation and its impact on indigenous populations.

The book balances a critical lens with historical analysis, capturing the contradictions between the company's stated ideals of promoting Christianity, commerce, and civilization and its often self-serving pursuits. With nuanced discussions on Rhodes' character, the moral implications of colonial endeavors, and the passive complicity of other stakeholders, the text provides a comprehensive view of this pivotal chapter in British imperial history. A compelling read for scholars and history enthusiasts alike, Crown and Charter offers both a detailed study of the British South Africa Company and a broader reflection on the ethics and realities of colonialism.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974.

Eugen Weber

The Nationalist Revival in France, 1905-1914

$39.95

The Nationalist Revival in France, 1905–1914 offers a penetrating exploration of a transformative era in French history, where nationalism reshaped political ideologies and societal attitudes. This book examines how nationalism evolved from a scattered sentiment into a cohesive, if volatile, force that influenced France's domestic and foreign policies on the eve of World War I. The text explores the nuanced distinction between patriotism and nationalism, highlighting how fear of external threats and internal anxieties over modernization and social unrest galvanized a revival of nationalistic fervor. Through careful analysis, the book uncovers the ways political elites, cultural influencers, and regional loyalties contributed to a complex and often contradictory nationalist narrative.

Focusing on the interplay between political ideologies, social structures, and individual actors, The Nationalist Revival in France, 1905–1914 illuminates the varied motivations that fueled this phenomenon. From the remnants of 19th-century revanchist ambitions to the rise of new ultranationalist rhetoric, the book places this revival within a broader European context, drawing parallels with contemporary movements elsewhere. With meticulous research and a focus on Paris as the epicenter of cultural and political agitation, this work is an essential resource for historians, political scientists, and anyone interested in understanding the roots of modern nationalism and its enduring impact on French society and beyond.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1968.

Aili Mari Tripp

Changing the Rules

$95.00

Changing the Rules: The Politics of Liberalization and the Urban Informal Economy in Tanzania provides a comprehensive examination of Tanzania's informal economy, highlighting its critical role as both a survival mechanism and a force for political and economic change. Amid the economic crises of the 1980s, Tanzanians increasingly turned to informal activities to bridge the vast gap between formal wages and the cost of living. This shift not only redefined economic participation but also challenged the statist and socialist frameworks that had dominated Tanzania's post-independence policies. The book explores how the informal economy reshaped dependencies, strengthened grassroots initiatives, and exerted pressure on the state to adapt through liberalization and reform.

The study delves into the socio-political dynamics underlying this transformation, from the emergence of new economic practices to the state’s reluctant acknowledgment of these activities. By documenting the interplay between everyday resistance and policy shifts, the book reveals how informal economic strategies undermined restrictive state norms and forced significant institutional changes. Through chapters that analyze household dynamics, gendered economic roles, and shifting state-society relations, the author presents a nuanced picture of how Tanzanians redefined survival and governance. This book is essential for understanding how grassroots economic adaptations can drive systemic transformation in developing nations.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977.

Leo E. Rose

Nepal

$95.00

Nepal: Strategy for Survival delves into the intricate interplay of geography, history, and cultural dynamics that have shaped Nepal’s foreign policy and its interactions with neighboring giants, India and China. Situated along the Himalayan slopes, Nepal’s central location has historically made it both a cultural and commercial bridge between South and East Asia. The book examines Nepal’s strategic importance in controlling trans-Himalayan trade routes, its evolving border politics, and its delicate balancing act between these two influential powers. The analysis extends beyond political strategies, considering the profound impact of Nepal’s ethnic diversity, topographical challenges, and historical connections to Hindu and Buddhist traditions.

Through a detailed exploration of Nepal’s historical and modern diplomatic efforts, the book highlights the nation’s struggle to maintain autonomy while adapting to external pressures and internal complexities. It discusses key moments of Nepal's history, such as its entangled trade and territorial negotiations with Tibet and India, as well as its response to modern geopolitical shifts. Nepal: Strategy for Survival offers a comprehensive understanding of how this small but strategically vital nation has navigated its role as both a mediator and a protector of its unique identity in the midst of powerful regional influences. This work is an essential read for anyone seeking to understand the nuanced challenges of small-state diplomacy in a complex and dynamic region.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971.

Richard Kieckhefer

European Witch Trials

$95.00

European Witch Trials: Their Foundations in Popular and Learned Culture, 1300-1500 explores the intricate dynamics of witchcraft accusations and trials during the medieval period, seeking to untangle the roots of these phenomena in both popular and learned cultures. The author critiques the anthropological approach to the European witch trials, noting that while European society differed significantly from non-Western societies, the mechanisms behind witch beliefs and persecutions seem to transcend these cultural distinctions. Despite societal differences, both European and primitive cultures exhibited a fluidity in their understanding of causality, where magical, natural, and religious explanations coexisted without conflict, providing fertile ground for witch accusations.

The book delves into the challenge of discerning the true nature of witch beliefs in early European society, particularly the distinction between learned and popular traditions. Many scholars have proposed various foundations for witch beliefs—some argue that these beliefs were born of learned theological concepts, while others suggest they were rooted in popular folklore or even illicit practices. The author discusses these differing perspectives, offering a framework for distinguishing between sorcery, invocation, and diabolism, the core components of witchcraft, while acknowledging the blurring of these concepts in historical documents. By focusing on the period between 1300 and 1500, the work highlights the geographical regions most affected by witch trials, primarily in England, France, Italy, and Germany, offering a nuanced exploration of how these trials were influenced by societal anxieties and cultural tensions of the late medieval period.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.

Jack R. Censer

Press and Politics in Pre-Revolutionary France

$39.95

Press and Politics in Pre-Revolutionary France offers a groundbreaking reassessment of the role of the press in shaping public opinion and political culture in eighteenth-century France. Traditionally, historians have viewed the French Revolution as a sharp break in press history, marking the transition from an authoritarian model under the monarchy to an unregulated, libertarian press after 1789. However, this collection of essays argues that the transformation was more gradual, with significant elements of a free press emerging well before the Revolution. By examining periodicals that operated outside the official framework—such as the Gazette de Leyde, the Courrier d'Avignon, and the Journal des dames—the contributors reveal a vibrant, semi-independent press that helped shape the political discourse of the era.

This volume situates the pre-revolutionary press within a broader historiographical debate about the nature of the French Revolution itself. Were the upheavals of 1789 a radical break with the past, or did they build upon long-standing political and cultural shifts? The authors make a compelling case for continuity, showing how informal mechanisms of political engagement—through the press, reading groups, and Masonic lodges—created a space for public debate that eroded absolutist control well before the Revolution. With its meticulous case studies and theoretical insights, Press and Politics in Pre-Revolutionary France is an essential resource for scholars of media history, political culture, and the origins of modern democracy.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1987.

Edited by D. A. Low

Soundings in Modern South Asian History

$49.95

Soundings in Modern South Asian History, edited by D. A. Low, is a wide-ranging collection of essays that probes the complexity of India’s political and social transformation in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The book opens with the 1907 travels of Keir Hardie, the British Labour M.P., whose encounters with India’s nationalist leaders reveal both the commonalities and striking regional contrasts in political life at the time. Hardie’s meetings with Bengali bhadralok elites, Punjabi Arya Samaj activists, and divided factions in Bombay demonstrate how nationalist energy was concentrated unevenly across the subcontinent. His relative lack of reception in the United Provinces underscores the political inertia of a region that would later dominate Indian politics through figures like Motilal and Jawaharlal Nehru. Low uses this narrative as a springboard to emphasize the importance of studying regional variations, cautioning against overly unified, textbook accounts of the national movement.

From this starting point, the essays expand into broader explorations of social, cultural, and political change. Contributions investigate the persistence of local elite cultures, such as the Indo-Persian husk tradition of Oudh, and their gradual decline under the pressures of agrarian unrest, linguistic shifts, and nationalist mobilization. Other chapters juxtapose regional case studies—Maharashtra, the Panjab, Bengal—highlighting the different trajectories of agrarian society, elite reform, and popular politics under colonial rule. Running through the collection is a concern with authority, identity, and ideology: whether in debates over liberal constitutionalism, the rise of mass nationalism, or the tensions between Hindu and Muslim political identities. Taken together, the essays argue that modern South Asian history cannot be reduced to a simple story of British impact and nationalist response, but must be understood as a kaleidoscope of shifting regional dynamics, social transformations, and contested visions for India’s future.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1968.

Ying-Shih Yu

Trade and Expansion in Han China

$95.00

Trade and Expansion in Han China: A Study in the Structure of Sino-Barbarian Economic Relations reframes the Han empire’s celebrated “Silk Route” moment within a far larger, more intricate economy of exchange and power. Ying-shih Yu argues that trade—in forms ranging from market transactions to “gift” and “tributary” exchange—and expansion—military, political, economic, and cultural—were mutually constitutive processes that shaped the Han world. Western outreach to the “Western Regions” and Central Asia, he shows, was ultimately instrumental to a central task closer to home: managing and transforming frontier societies such as the Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Qiang, and Southwestern peoples. By tracing how imperial gifts, subsidies, settlement, and acculturation (Sinicization) intertwined with frontier security and domestic agrarian stability, Yu reveals the policy logic behind spectacular campaigns and quiet payments alike—and explains why emperors could both push outward and later regret overreach.

Moving well beyond narrative, Yu reconstructs the *structure* of Sino-barbarian economic relations: the modalities of exchange, the institutional anchors in Han political economy, and the long prehistory in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States eras. Mining dynastic histories and pairing them with archaeological finds—from knife-coins in Korea to Chinese weapons and bronzes in Manchuria and Sichuan—he maps the circuits through which merchants, herders, and officials converted textiles, livestock, and prestige goods into influence and territory. The result is a compelling portrait of a formative “Confucian” imperial order in practice, where statecraft relied on markets as much as on armies, and where cultural incorporation could be as decisive as conquest. Essential reading for historians of China, empire, and economic history, this classic study offers a durable framework for understanding how great powers govern frontiers—and how exchange, security, and culture coevolve.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.

Translated from the Japanese and Edited by Delmer M. Brown and Ichiro Ishida

The Future and the Past

$49.95

The Future and the Past: A Translation and Study of the Gukanshō takes readers deep into the intellectual and cultural landscape of 13th-century Japan, offering a detailed translation and analysis of the Gukanshō, a pivotal historical work written by the Buddhist priest Jien in 1219. Amid social upheaval and the looming conflict between the Imperial Court and the military government, Jien crafted a visionary interpretation of Japan's history, blending Buddhist doctrines of kalpic decline and Shinto principles of divine intervention. His work presents a unilinear course of historical change, shaped by unseen forces he called "Principles," which pull Japan's trajectory alternately toward deterioration and revival. Rooted in belief in the sacredness of Japan's Imperial line and its divine origins, the Gukanshō is as much a theological reflection as it is a political roadmap, advocating for the cooperative governance of aristocratic and military leaders to secure a brighter future.

This edition combines decades of meticulous scholarship to illuminate Jien's complex worldview and its profound implications for Japanese history and thought. Readers are invited to explore the interplay of religious belief, political power, and historical change as Jien sought to legitimize the Kujo house’s role in leading Japan toward renewal. By weaving genealogical analysis, political advocacy, and spiritual insight, The Future and the Past offers a unique lens on how medieval Japanese society grappled with decline and envisioned pathways for recovery. This translation not only preserves the nuances of Jien’s narrative but also contextualizes his ideas for modern audiences, shedding light on the enduring relevance of his vision of history.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1979.

M. N. Pearson

Merchants and Rulers in Gujarat

$39.95

Merchants and Rulers in Gujarat: The Response to the Portuguese in the Sixteenth Century offers a compelling reevaluation of the Portuguese influence in early modern South Asia, specifically in Gujarat. Challenging the notion that the Portuguese were a mere prelude to the larger colonial enterprises of the Dutch and British, this study posits that their impact during the sixteenth century was profound and disruptive. Unlike the Dutch and English, who integrated as additional foreign merchants within the pre-existing commercial networks, the Portuguese sought to monopolize and tax Indian Ocean trade aggressively. This approach, while never fully realized, allowed them to dominate much of Gujarat’s maritime trade through the Gulf of Cambay for decades. The book explores the mechanisms of this dominance and the complex interplay between Portuguese traders and Gujarati society, particularly its merchants, who operated with little political support or intervention from the region’s rulers.

Through a detailed examination of historical records and case studies, the monograph illuminates the broader dynamics of merchant-state relationships in medieval Gujarat. It argues that the Portuguese success stemmed not from superior logistics or economics but from the lack of strong political connections between merchants and rulers in Gujarati society. This disconnect, emblematic of the state’s general disengagement with various social groups, allowed the Portuguese to impose their systems of control with relative ease. The study also contextualizes the Portuguese influence within the slow-changing social and political structures of premodern Gujarat, offering insights into the enduring nature of ruler-subject relations and contributing significantly to the historiography of colonial and maritime Asia.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.

G.W.S. Barrow

Robert Bruce

$55.00

G.W.S. Barrow’s Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland has long been recognized as a landmark study of both a pivotal monarch and the constitutional idea that underpinned Scotland’s survival as a polity in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. Rather than presenting Bruce as a solitary hero, Barrow situates him within the matrix of feudal society, factional rivalries, and legal culture that shaped his reign. He argues that Bruce’s achievement cannot be explained solely by his courage or political skill; it was rooted in his ability to embody and channel the principle of the *communitas regni Scotie*—the “community of the realm”—a constitutional ideal that gave coherence to Scottish resistance during two decades of crisis. Through close reading of charters, governmental records, and chronicles, Barrow traces how this concept operated in practice, especially in moments of guardianship, vacancy, and national emergency, culminating in the Declaration of Arbroath (1320) as a practical analogue to contemporary continental theories of sovereignty.

The book is therefore both a political biography and a constitutional history, showing how Bruce’s ambitions intersected with the collective will of the realm. Barrow analyzes Bruce’s shifting allegiances—first a supporter of Edward I, then a leader of resistance, and finally king crowned in the wake of John Comyn’s killing—as embedded in the broader struggle for Scotland’s independence. He emphasizes the durability of the Scottish polity: its capacity to sustain corporate action without a monarch, its educated clergy’s continental connections, and its leaders’ use of legal and feudal language to articulate sovereignty. By linking Bruce’s career to the evolving idea of a national community, Barrow illuminates how a small kingdom preserved its integrity against a more powerful neighbor. The result is an indispensable work for historians of medieval Scotland, constitutional thought, and the comparative study of medieval state formation.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1965.

Ying-Shih Yu

Trade and Expansion in Han China

$39.95

Trade and Expansion in Han China: A Study in the Structure of Sino-Barbarian Economic Relations reframes the Han empire’s celebrated “Silk Route” moment within a far larger, more intricate economy of exchange and power. Ying-shih Yu argues that trade—in forms ranging from market transactions to “gift” and “tributary” exchange—and expansion—military, political, economic, and cultural—were mutually constitutive processes that shaped the Han world. Western outreach to the “Western Regions” and Central Asia, he shows, was ultimately instrumental to a central task closer to home: managing and transforming frontier societies such as the Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Qiang, and Southwestern peoples. By tracing how imperial gifts, subsidies, settlement, and acculturation (Sinicization) intertwined with frontier security and domestic agrarian stability, Yu reveals the policy logic behind spectacular campaigns and quiet payments alike—and explains why emperors could both push outward and later regret overreach.

Moving well beyond narrative, Yu reconstructs the *structure* of Sino-barbarian economic relations: the modalities of exchange, the institutional anchors in Han political economy, and the long prehistory in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States eras. Mining dynastic histories and pairing them with archaeological finds—from knife-coins in Korea to Chinese weapons and bronzes in Manchuria and Sichuan—he maps the circuits through which merchants, herders, and officials converted textiles, livestock, and prestige goods into influence and territory. The result is a compelling portrait of a formative “Confucian” imperial order in practice, where statecraft relied on markets as much as on armies, and where cultural incorporation could be as decisive as conquest. Essential reading for historians of China, empire, and economic history, this classic study offers a durable framework for understanding how great powers govern frontiers—and how exchange, security, and culture coevolve.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.

J. V. Polisensky

The Thirty Years War

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The Thirty Years War by J. V. Polišenský, translated by Robert Evans, offers a sweeping reinterpretation of one of Europe’s most formative conflicts. Rather than treating the war as merely a clash of monarchs and generals, Polišenský situates it within a broader crisis of European society between 1560 and 1660. Drawing on newly available archival sources, he shows how political, religious, and economic tensions converged into a continent-wide struggle, with the Bohemian revolt at its core. His account emphasizes the interdependence of diplomacy, ideology, and social structure, presenting the war as both a product of Europe’s fractured civilizations and a turning point that reshaped them.

Polišenský’s narrative moves from the streets of Prague to the battlefields of Central Europe, always attentive to the wider European and even global stakes. He reinterprets the war as not simply a dynastic quarrel but as a confrontation between competing models of civilization—Catholic-Habsburg universalism versus Protestant humanist pluralism. Along the way, he highlights the decisive roles of the Netherlands, England, and Sweden, while also showing how the conflict forged new political prototypes in France and England. Erudite yet accessible, this book offers a fresh, integrative vision of the Thirty Years War, making it essential reading for historians of early modern Europe and anyone interested in the roots of modern international order.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971.

T. O. Ranger

Dance and Society in Eastern Africa 1890–1970

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Dance and Society in Eastern Africa, 1890-1970: The Beni Ngoma explores the cultural phenomenon of Beni ngoma, a dance deeply connected to eastern Africa's history and colonial experience. Combining military-inspired music, drill-style choreography, and dynamic social hierarchies, Beni ngoma reflects and critiques colonial influences. This study traces its origins in Swahili traditions, its evolution across rural and urban settings, and its adaptation into forms like Mganda and Kalela. Using archival research, oral histories, and fieldwork, the book reveals how this vibrant cultural form became a powerful expression of African creativity and resilience during a period of profound social transformation.

Written by a former University of Dar es Salaam professor, the book offers a fresh approach to understanding the colonial experience in eastern Africa through the lens of popular culture. It situates Beni ngoma within the broader context of social and cultural changes, examining its role in negotiating identity, resistance, and adaptation. Highlighting the interplay between African traditions and colonial modernity, Dance and Society in Eastern Africa invites readers to reconsider how festive practices illuminate the lived experiences of those navigating change. This book is ideal for history enthusiasts and cultural scholars seeking an engaging and insightful perspective on eastern Africa’s past.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1975.

Federico Finchelstein

From Fascism to Populism in History

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What is fascism and what is populism? What are their connections in history and theory, and how should we address their significant differences? What does it mean when pundits call Donald Trump a fascist, or label as populist politicians who span left and right such as Hugo Chávez, Juan Perón, Rodrigo Duterte, and Marine Le Pen? Federico Finchelstein, one of the leading scholars of fascist and populist ideologies, synthesizes their history in order to answer these questions and offer a thoughtful perspective on how we might apply the concepts today. While they belong to the same history and are often conflated, fascism and populism actually represent distinct political trajectories. Drawing on an expansive record of transnational fascism and postwar populist movements, Finchelstein gives us insightful new ways to think about the state of democracy and political culture on a global scale. This new edition includes an updated preface that brings the book up to date, midway through the Trump presidency and the election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil.

Jessica Lynn Graham

Shifting the Meaning of Democracy

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This book offers a historical analysis of one of the most striking and dramatic transformations to take place in Brazil and the United States during the twentieth century—the redefinition of the concepts of nation and democracy in racial terms. The multilateral political debates that occurred between 1930 and 1945 pushed and pulled both states towards more racially inclusive political ideals and nationalisms. Both countries utilized cultural production to transmit these racial political messages. At times working collaboratively, Brazilian and U.S. officials deployed the concept of “racial democracy” as a national security strategy, one meant to suppress the existential threats perceived to be posed by World War II and by the political agendas of communists, fascists, and blacks. Consequently, official racial democracy was limited in its ability to address racial inequities in the United States and Brazil. Shifting the Meaning of Democracy helps to explain the historical roots of a contemporary phenomenon: the coexistence of widespread antiracist ideals with enduring racial inequality.

Mark J. Van Aken

King of the Night

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King of the Night: Juan José Flores and Ecuador, 1824–1864 offers a nuanced exploration of the political turbulence in early independent Ecuador, focusing on the monarchical aspirations of its first president, General Juan José Flores. Set against the broader context of nineteenth-century Latin America, the book examines the region’s grappling with governance models—especially the allure of monarchy in the wake of colonial rule. Flores, disillusioned with the inefficacies of republicanism, sought to establish a monarchy in Ecuador as a means to bring stability, believing European royal legitimacy could temper political chaos. This study sheds light on the complexities of monarchist sentiment in Latin America, contrasting it with republican ideals and situating Ecuador within a regional struggle for political identity.

The narrative weaves together diplomatic correspondence, historical records, and Flores’ political maneuvers to uncover the motivations and failures of monarchist endeavors. Despite Flores' efforts, including collaboration with Spain, his schemes ultimately faltered, reflecting the broader challenges of imposing monarchy in a region steeped in revolutionary republicanism. By tracing Flores' political biography, the book highlights how his leadership and monarchical ambitions intensified domestic and foreign crises, culminating in the ultimate rejection of royalist ideologies. Through this lens, King of the Night underscores the enduring tensions between authoritarian and representative governance in Ecuador's formative years, while contributing to a deeper understanding of Latin America's political evolution.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.

Tanigawa Michio, Translated, with an Introduction, by Joshua A. Fogel

Medieval Chinese Society and the Local Community

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Medieval Chinese Society and the Local Community: Stagnation, Feudalism, and Periodization explores the rich complexities of Chinese history from the Six Dynasties through the Sui and Tang eras. This seminal volume by Tanigawa Michio reexamines the nature of Chinese society and its periodization through a critical lens, moving away from traditional Marxist interpretations that dominated postwar Japanese sinology. Through the innovative concept of kyodotai—a communitarian framework transcending simplistic class divisions—Tanigawa challenges the stagnationist narrative often applied to China's historical development. He argues that the ethical and social cohesion within local communities provided a foundation for China's distinctive form of "medieval" society, distinguishing it from Western feudalism and shaping its cultural and social trajectory.

This groundbreaking work not only critiques Marxist orthodoxy but also revisits and revitalizes the theories of earlier sinologists, such as Naitō Konan, to present a more nuanced understanding of China's historical evolution. By focusing on the Six Dynasties' social structures, Tanigawa reveals the enduring impact of literati-aristocratic leadership and the transformative integration of Confucian and Taoist ethics in governance. The book is an essential read for scholars of Chinese history, providing fresh perspectives on periodization debates and enriching the discourse on the interplay between class, community, and culture in medieval China.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985.

Edited by Samuel Kernell and Samuel L. Popkin Foreword by Richard E. Neustadt

Chief of Staff

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This book, Chief of Staff: Twenty-Five Years of Managing the Presidency, provides a unique exploration of the inner workings of the White House, offering both anecdotes and professional insights into the role of senior aides who have shaped the presidency over the past quarter-century. From Eisenhower to Carter, the perspectives of eight former chiefs of staff reveal a shared sense of professionalism that transcends administrations and political affiliations. These senior aides, though not always starting as seasoned professionals, emerge from their tenure deeply transformed by a shared sense of duty and adherence to a set of unspoken rules that define their roles. Their reflections offer a glimpse into the demands and pressures of managing the presidency, showcasing a professionalism that has shaped modern White House operations. The book, which combines lively discussions and personal anecdotes, serves as a primer for aspiring White House staff and an insightful narrative for the general reader about the evolution of presidential management.

Through a televised symposium and roundtable discussions moderated by John Chancellor, the participants recount their experiences, shedding light on key moments in U.S. history from 1953 to 1981. They discuss the unique dynamics of their roles, including their relationship with the president, the intricacies of policy and politics, and the challenges of navigating crises like Vietnam and Watergate. The discussions highlight the centrality of the chief of staff role, a position that has grown in importance as the White House staff expanded and assumed greater control over administrative and policy matters. Reflecting on their time in the West Wing, the participants underscore the indispensable balance of loyalty, discretion, and leadership required to support the president effectively. By documenting these perspectives, the book not only captures the pivotal role of the chief of staff in modern governance but also offers timeless lessons for anyone entrusted with managing power and influence at the highest levels.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1986.

Richard A. Pierce

Russian Central Asia 1867-1917

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Russian Central Asia, 1867–1917: A Study in Colonial Rule by Richard A. Pierce surveys the half-century between the creation of the Governor-Generalship of Turkestan and the fall of the Romanovs, treating the region as a “laboratory” of late-imperial colonial rule. Pierce maps the terrain—vast steppe, desert basins, and oasis belts—and sketches the peoples (Kazakhs, Kirgiz, Turkmen, Uzbeks, Tadzhiks, and others), their economies (pastoral nomadism and irrigated agriculture), and the climatic and geographic constraints that shaped settlement and politics.

Challenging both Soviet teleology and thin Western treatments, he dissects shifting Soviet historiography (from “double oppression,” to annexation as a “lesser evil,” to a “progressive” good) and argues for an evidence-driven appraisal of imperial administration, law, taxation, education, commerce, and native elites. The book situates conquest and rule within broader 19th-century patterns, showing how Russian policies interacted with oasis state structures, clan systems, and Islamic institutions, and how infrastructure, markets, and governance changed under tsarist rule—laying the pre-1917 foundations necessary to judge later Soviet claims of transformation.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1960.

Kenneth Jowitt

Revolutionary Breakthroughs and National Development

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Revolutionary Breakthroughs and National Development: The Case of Romania, 1944–1965, by Kenneth Jowitt, offers a pioneering study of nation building through the lens of Romania’s transformation under a Leninist regime. Jowitt situates his work within the tradition of “theoretical case study,” combining comparative analysis with intensive examination of a single polity. He argues that without such comparative frameworks, processes like revolution, elite formation, and political integration risk being misunderstood as either unique anomalies or uniform occurrences. By drawing on broader theories of political development and then applying them to Romania, Jowitt is able to both refine the conceptual vocabulary of nation building and provide a detailed account of the distinctive features of a Leninist system grappling with the demands of modernization.

At the heart of the book lies a dual inquiry: how Leninist regimes, as unique configurations of ideology, elites, and political communities, address the challenges of nation building, and how Romania specifically managed to redefine itself from a Soviet “satellite” to a largely self-directed state between 1944 and 1965. Jowitt dissects the Romanian Communist Party’s strategies, the ways its leadership framed questions of legitimacy, and the institutional adjustments that shaped political, social, and cultural integration. By situating Romania’s experience within a comparative framework, he highlights both the competencies and limitations of Leninist nation-building projects, showing how ideology and political organization mediated rapid social transformation. This volume thus speaks to political scientists, historians of Eastern Europe, and theorists of development alike, offering a rich model of how comparative case analysis can illuminate universal processes while also attending to the specificity of national experience.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971.

Talton F. Ray

The Politics of the Barrios of Venezuela

$39.95

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1969.

The Politics of the Barrios of Venezuela

John E. deYoung

Village Life in Modern Thailand

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Village Life in Modern Thailand by John E. deYoung provides a vivid descriptive account of Thai rural society beyond the Bangkok delta plain, covering the north, northeast, and much of the central and southern regions. Based on nearly three years of first-hand fieldwork, including an intensive social study of a northern village, deYoung reconstructs the daily activities, economic patterns, and family life of peasants who still live in compact village units and practice a largely self-sufficient rice economy supplemented by secondary crops and small cash earnings. His narrative emphasizes continuities and gradual changes over the past half century, offering readers an accessible portrait of how ordinary Thai villagers live and work.

While deliberately excluding the lower Menam Plain—where commercial rice cultivation has transformed village life—deYoung situates his observations against broader national patterns. He contrasts the self-subsistent communities he studied with the highly monetized villages of the delta, where intensive rice exports underpin the nation’s economy and social structures have shifted toward dispersed farmsteads and market dependence. Avoiding the heavy statistical analyses of earlier surveys, the book instead presents a synoptic, human-centered picture intended for both scholars and general readers. By capturing both tradition and transition in rural Thailand, Village Life in Modern Thailand remains a valuable contribution to Southeast Asian studies and a window onto the everyday world of the majority of the Thai people in the mid-twentieth century.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1955.

Curtis Marez

University Babylon

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From the silent era to the present, film productions have shaped the way the public views campus life. Collaborations between universities and Hollywood entities have disseminated influential ideas of race, gender, class, and sexual difference. Even more directly, Hollywood has drawn writers, actors, and other talent from ranks of professors and students while also promoting the industry in classrooms, curricula, and film studies programs. In addition to founding film schools, university administrators have offered campuses as filming locations.

In University Babylon, Curtis Marez argues that cinema has been central to the uneven incorporation and exclusion of different kinds of students, professors, and knowledge. Working together, Marez argues, film and educational institutions have produced a powerful ideology that links respectability to academic merit in order to marginalize and manage people of color. Combining concepts and methods from critical university studies, ethnic studies, native studies, and film studies, University Babylon analyzes the symbolic and institutional collaborations between Hollywood filmmakers and university administrators over the representation of students and, by extension, college life more broadly.

Stanley B. Greenberg

Legitimating the Illegitimate

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Legitimating the Illegitimate: State, Markets, and Resistance in South Africa offers a profound examination of the apartheid regime’s efforts to sustain power and privilege amidst mounting internal contradictions and external pressures. Focusing on the intersections of state control, labor dynamics, and market systems, the book unpacks the paradoxical attempts by South African leaders to frame their racially oppressive system as legitimate. Through detailed research and interviews with government and labor officials, it reveals the state as a fractured and inefficient apparatus, undermined by its inability to fully control African resistance or enforce racial domination within a rapidly changing political economy.

This incisive analysis challenges earlier portrayals of the apartheid state as a unified, effective tool of racial capitalism. Instead, it illuminates the regime’s vulnerabilities, from the tensions inherent in its labor control mechanisms to the ideological shifts employed to mask its waning grip on power. With a critical lens on both state and market dynamics, Legitimating the Illegitimate highlights the transformative impact of African resistance and offers a nuanced understanding of the interplay between coercion, ideology, and systemic change. This book is essential for anyone seeking to grasp the complexities of state power, economic systems, and social movements in deeply divided societies.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1987.

Jaff Schatz

The Generation

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This book examines the lives of a remarkable generation of Polish-Jewish Communists, whose experiences embody the profound socio-political upheavals of the 20th century. Born around 1910, these individuals joined the Communist movement during the 1930s, survived World War II in the USSR, and rebuilt their lives in postwar Poland, only to face defeat and exile in the late 1960s. Their journey reflects both the unique intersection of Jewish and Polish histories and broader existential questions of ideology, identity, and human agency. Through their revolutionary visions and struggles against oppressive systems, they grappled with moral and ethical dilemmas shaped by historical forces they often could not control. Their lives illustrate the broader dynamics of Central and Eastern Europe’s modern history, revealing the tensions between collective ideals and individual realities.

Drawing on extensive qualitative research—including interviews, questionnaires, and archival materials—this study captures the collective trajectory of this generation while honoring the individuality of their experiences. It explores their radicalization, revolutionary careers, wartime experiences in the USSR, and postwar struggles in Poland, leading to their eventual downfall. Combining historical and sociological perspectives, the book seeks to uncover the patterns of identity, action, and social change that defined their lives. In doing so, it offers a panoramic view of their shared journey while also reflecting on the personal and political legacies of their generation. The analysis serves as both a tribute to their extraordinary experiences and an invitation to consider the broader lessons of their history.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1991.

Joshua Frens-String

Hungry for Revolution

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Hungry for Revolution tells the story of how struggles over food fueled the rise and fall of Chile's Popular Unity coalition and one of Latin America's most expansive social welfare states. Reconstructing ties among workers, consumers, scientists, and the state, Joshua Frens-String explores how Chileans across generations sought to center food security as a right of citizenship. In so doing, he deftly untangles the relationship between two of twentieth-century Chile's most significant political and economic processes: the fight of an emergent urban working class to gain reliable access to nutrient-rich foodstuffs and the state's efforts to modernize its underproducing agricultural countryside.

Herbert Kaplan

Russia and the Outbreak of the Seven Years' War

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Russia and the Outbreak of the Seven Years' War by Herbert H. Kaplan reconsiders one of the great turning points of eighteenth-century Europe by placing Russia at the center of the story. Traditional accounts of the Seven Years’ War highlight the balance of power among Austria, France, Great Britain, and Prussia, often relegating Russia to a secondary role. Kaplan draws extensively on Russian archival materials to show that the empire acted not merely as an auxiliary ally of Maria Theresa, but as an independent power pursuing its own interests with deliberation and force. By reconstructing the origins of the war from the vantage of St. Petersburg, he demonstrates that Russia’s policies decisively shaped the alliances and choices of Europe’s other major states.

Kaplan explores how Empress Elizabeth’s determination to secure Russia’s place in continental affairs prompted sweeping reforms of her administrative and diplomatic machinery. Internal divisions among her closest advisers exacerbated court rivalries, as questions of who should direct diplomacy became entangled with broader struggles for political power. These conflicts were intensified by Elizabeth’s chronic illness and the looming issue of succession, which drew Grand Duke Peter and Grand Duchess Catherine into the political foreground. Kaplan shows how the uncertainty surrounding Russia’s imperial future influenced both her foreign policy orientation and the calculations of her allies and adversaries. Focusing on the intersection of diplomacy, court politics, and questions of succession, this study restores Russia to its rightful place as a principal actor in the outbreak of the Seven Years’ War and underscores the broader significance of imperial decision-making in shaping the international system.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1968.

Austin Ranney

Curing the Mischiefs of Faction

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Curing the Mischiefs of Faction: Party Reform in America offers a profound exploration of the history and challenges of political party reform in the United States. Originating from the Jefferson Memorial Lectures at UC Berkeley, the book examines pivotal moments of transformation, from the end of congressional caucuses for presidential nominations in the 1820s to the groundbreaking McGovern-Fraser reforms of the 1970s. By intertwining historical narrative with insights from the author’s direct involvement in party reform efforts, the book illuminates how these changes have shaped—and been shaped by—the broader dynamics of American democracy.

Rather than following a strict chronological approach, the book organizes its discussion around recurring themes and enduring debates in party reform. This structure highlights the persistent tensions between inclusivity, governance, and representation that have influenced reform efforts throughout history. By examining these recurring issues with both scholarly depth and practical perspective, the book provides a rich resource for understanding the complexities of reforming political institutions in a way that balances democratic ideals with functional governance.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1975.

Edited by Patricia Buckley Ebrey and James L. Watson

Kinship Organization in Late Imperial China, 1000-1940

$39.95

One of the most important questions facing scholars of China is how Chinese society is held together. It is now well known that China has been marked by great diversity. In the realm of social customs, not only were there broad regional or class differences, but also, at a local level, the people in one village might adopt a different set of practices from those of neighboring communities. Yet the majority of these varied practices seems to have fit within a frame that was distinctly Chinese. Thus scholars must also ask how people of dissimilar occupations and economic interests, living in widely separated parts of the country, came to recognize and act on a common set of cultural beliefs. Explaining the variations in Chinese society requires minute knowledge of local conditions. Explaining the uniformities requires historical understanding of the processes involved in the spread of ideas and practices and the ways by which some came to be considered standard. Given the available sources on Chinese society, neither of these tasks is simple.

The study of kinship and kinship organizations provides one of the best ways to approach the coexisting uniformities and variations of Chinese society.

This edited volume is the collaboration of historians and social scientists, and this collaboration is required if we are to learn enough about kinship in Chinese society to explain both the uniformities and the variations. The substantive papers are all written by historians, but these historians have raided the stock of anthropological terms, models, and theories, tried to use technical terms in a consistent and well-defined way, implicitly addressed anthropologists on the issues that seem to fascinate them, and responded to the suggestions and criticisms of the anthropologists who have read their papers. At the same time, however, they remain historians and do not ignore the types of issues (such as historical context and change over time) with which historians have always dealt. The editors believe that this type of collaboration has distinct advantages over the more usual approach to transcending disciplinary boundaries by placing articles by historians and social scientists side by side in the same volume. If we have been successful, social scientists should find issues of interest in the chapters, and historians should find them full of the substance of history and not too long-winded in the belaboring the obvious.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1986.

Kinship Organization in Late Imperial China, 1000-1940

Peter Kenez

Civil War in South Russia, 1919-1920

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The Russian Civil War, a multifaceted struggle between the Bolsheviks and their opponents, offers a profound lens into the dynamics of power, ideology, and societal upheaval. At its core, the war was more than a military contest—it was a political battle for the hearts and minds of a fragmented nation. While the Bolsheviks demonstrated superior political strategy, organization, and adaptability, the Whites floundered due to their inability to construct effective institutions or garner widespread legitimacy. This failure, compounded by their reliance on outdated systems and resistance to political engagement, critically undermined their capacity to govern and mobilize support. Despite the seeming advantages of Allied aid and a pool of experienced administrators, the Whites' internal divisions and lack of cohesive vision rendered their efforts increasingly ineffectual.

This study delves into the political, administrative, and ideological shortcomings of the White movement, particularly in South Russia, as it evolved from initial optimism to ultimate collapse. By examining the policies, social structures, and leadership dynamics within the White territories, the analysis reveals a pattern of disconnection between central authority and local implementation. Through a comparative approach, the book highlights how the Bolsheviks' ability to align their actions with the aspirations of the masses starkly contrasted with the Whites' entrenched elitism and detachment. While military operations and Allied involvement feature as important elements, the primary focus lies on the political dimensions and institutional weaknesses that defined the conflict and determined its outcome. Ultimately, the Whites' defeat underscores the essential interplay of legitimacy, force, and political engagement in shaping the trajectory of civil wars.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977.

J. V. Polisensky

The Thirty Years War

$49.95

The Thirty Years War by J. V. Polišenský, translated by Robert Evans, offers a sweeping reinterpretation of one of Europe’s most formative conflicts. Rather than treating the war as merely a clash of monarchs and generals, Polišenský situates it within a broader crisis of European society between 1560 and 1660. Drawing on newly available archival sources, he shows how political, religious, and economic tensions converged into a continent-wide struggle, with the Bohemian revolt at its core. His account emphasizes the interdependence of diplomacy, ideology, and social structure, presenting the war as both a product of Europe’s fractured civilizations and a turning point that reshaped them.

Polišenský’s narrative moves from the streets of Prague to the battlefields of Central Europe, always attentive to the wider European and even global stakes. He reinterprets the war as not simply a dynastic quarrel but as a confrontation between competing models of civilization—Catholic-Habsburg universalism versus Protestant humanist pluralism. Along the way, he highlights the decisive roles of the Netherlands, England, and Sweden, while also showing how the conflict forged new political prototypes in France and England. Erudite yet accessible, this book offers a fresh, integrative vision of the Thirty Years War, making it essential reading for historians of early modern Europe and anyone interested in the roots of modern international order.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971.

T.B.L. Webster

Athenian Culture and Society

$95.00

This work explores the dynamic relationship between Athenian culture and society, focusing on Athens between the Persian Wars (490–480 B.C.) and the rise of Alexander the Great in 336 B.C., a period marked by extraordinary cultural flourishing. Athens is identified as a hub of innovation in democracy, drama, philosophy, art, and science, with its achievements set against the backdrop of older traditions from the Minoan-Mycenaean world. The study examines the interplay of static traditions and dynamic cultural growth, with Athens serving as a case where philosophical, artistic, and political ideas evolved rapidly, shaped by its unique societal structure. This dynamic growth is attributed to the integration of ideas across disciplines, the receptiveness of its audiences, and the permeable boundaries between creators and society. Athens, characterized as both small and competitive, fostered an environment where new ideas, though simplified for broader accessibility, were widely and swiftly disseminated.

The text also investigates the societal framework that enabled such cultural achievements, including the roles of citizens, non-citizens, and slaves, as well as the spaces and institutions that facilitated public and private interactions. Particular emphasis is placed on how different aspects of Athenian life—education, law, religion, and art—intersected with and influenced culture. Drama, for example, reached mass audiences and served as a vehicle for disseminating complex philosophical and scientific ideas. Meanwhile, advancements in fields like medicine, philosophy, and mathematics often crossed into other domains, showcasing the interconnectedness of Athenian intellectual life. Ultimately, the author argues that Athenian culture’s genius lay in its intelligibility, driven by societal demands for simplicity and clarity, which allowed for a continuous and accessible evolution of ideas.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.

Karl-Eugen Wädekin, Edited by George Karcz, Translated by Keith Bush

The Private Sector in Soviet Agriculture

$95.00

The Private Sector in Soviet Agriculture by Karl-Eugen Wadekin provides a deep and meticulous analysis of a paradox within the Soviet economic system: the enduring role of private agricultural production in a system ostensibly built on complete collectivization. Through extensive research, Wadekin illustrates the complexities, contradictions, and shifting policies that have shaped the uneasy coexistence between state-controlled farming and privately cultivated plots. Despite decades of efforts to centralize agriculture under state and collective farms, the private sector remained indispensable, producing a significant share of essential foodstuffs, particularly vegetables, meat, and dairy products. The book exposes the ideological tensions and practical necessities that have forced Soviet planners to tolerate, and at times even encourage, private agricultural activity to sustain food supply and rural livelihoods.

Wadekin’s study stands out for its methodological rigor, overcoming the challenges posed by the Soviet Union’s reluctance to disclose comprehensive data on private production. By piecing together fragmented and often misleading official reports, he constructs a nuanced picture of how the private sector functions within and alongside the socialist economy. The book also examines the policy oscillations between repression and accommodation, reflecting broader debates on economic pragmatism versus ideological purity in Soviet governance. With its combination of historical depth and economic insight, The Private Sector in Soviet Agriculture remains a critical resource for scholars of Soviet economic history, comparative agriculture, and the persistent role of informal economies within planned systems.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.

John E. deYoung

Village Life in Modern Thailand

$39.95

Village Life in Modern Thailand by John E. deYoung provides a vivid descriptive account of Thai rural society beyond the Bangkok delta plain, covering the north, northeast, and much of the central and southern regions. Based on nearly three years of first-hand fieldwork, including an intensive social study of a northern village, deYoung reconstructs the daily activities, economic patterns, and family life of peasants who still live in compact village units and practice a largely self-sufficient rice economy supplemented by secondary crops and small cash earnings. His narrative emphasizes continuities and gradual changes over the past half century, offering readers an accessible portrait of how ordinary Thai villagers live and work.

While deliberately excluding the lower Menam Plain—where commercial rice cultivation has transformed village life—deYoung situates his observations against broader national patterns. He contrasts the self-subsistent communities he studied with the highly monetized villages of the delta, where intensive rice exports underpin the nation’s economy and social structures have shifted toward dispersed farmsteads and market dependence. Avoiding the heavy statistical analyses of earlier surveys, the book instead presents a synoptic, human-centered picture intended for both scholars and general readers. By capturing both tradition and transition in rural Thailand, Village Life in Modern Thailand remains a valuable contribution to Southeast Asian studies and a window onto the everyday world of the majority of the Thai people in the mid-twentieth century.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1955.

Stanley B. Greenberg

Legitimating the Illegitimate

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Legitimating the Illegitimate: State, Markets, and Resistance in South Africa offers a profound examination of the apartheid regime’s efforts to sustain power and privilege amidst mounting internal contradictions and external pressures. Focusing on the intersections of state control, labor dynamics, and market systems, the book unpacks the paradoxical attempts by South African leaders to frame their racially oppressive system as legitimate. Through detailed research and interviews with government and labor officials, it reveals the state as a fractured and inefficient apparatus, undermined by its inability to fully control African resistance or enforce racial domination within a rapidly changing political economy.

This incisive analysis challenges earlier portrayals of the apartheid state as a unified, effective tool of racial capitalism. Instead, it illuminates the regime’s vulnerabilities, from the tensions inherent in its labor control mechanisms to the ideological shifts employed to mask its waning grip on power. With a critical lens on both state and market dynamics, Legitimating the Illegitimate highlights the transformative impact of African resistance and offers a nuanced understanding of the interplay between coercion, ideology, and systemic change. This book is essential for anyone seeking to grasp the complexities of state power, economic systems, and social movements in deeply divided societies.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1987.

Edited by Ronald H. Chilcote

Protest and Resistance in Angola and Brazil

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Protest and Resistance in Angola and Brazil is a pioneering comparative study that bridges the traditional academic divide between Latin American and African studies. This collection of essays explores the historical and political parallels between Brazil and Portuguese Africa, focusing on movements of protest and resistance in both regions. By drawing on insights from history, political science, sociology, and anthropology, the volume presents a multifaceted examination of colonial legacies, social upheavals, and the struggles for self-determination. The essays, originally presented at a University of California seminar series in 1968, have been substantially revised to offer analytical depth and to raise new questions for future research.

One of the central themes of the book is the intersection of colonial rule and indigenous resistance, revealing how different forms of oppression shaped both the Portuguese African colonies and Brazil. The volume offers a broad classification of protest movements, ranging from peasant uprisings and labor disputes to nationalist struggles and cultural resistance. Through its comparative approach, Protest and Resistance in Angola and Brazil highlights the structural similarities in colonial exploitation while also acknowledging the unique trajectories of resistance in each region. The rigorous discussions and interdisciplinary perspectives make this work an invaluable resource for scholars interested in colonialism, social movements, and the enduring impacts of historical resistance.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.

Edited by Samuel Kernell and Samuel L. Popkin Foreword by Richard E. Neustadt

Chief of Staff

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This book, Chief of Staff: Twenty-Five Years of Managing the Presidency, provides a unique exploration of the inner workings of the White House, offering both anecdotes and professional insights into the role of senior aides who have shaped the presidency over the past quarter-century. From Eisenhower to Carter, the perspectives of eight former chiefs of staff reveal a shared sense of professionalism that transcends administrations and political affiliations. These senior aides, though not always starting as seasoned professionals, emerge from their tenure deeply transformed by a shared sense of duty and adherence to a set of unspoken rules that define their roles. Their reflections offer a glimpse into the demands and pressures of managing the presidency, showcasing a professionalism that has shaped modern White House operations. The book, which combines lively discussions and personal anecdotes, serves as a primer for aspiring White House staff and an insightful narrative for the general reader about the evolution of presidential management.

Through a televised symposium and roundtable discussions moderated by John Chancellor, the participants recount their experiences, shedding light on key moments in U.S. history from 1953 to 1981. They discuss the unique dynamics of their roles, including their relationship with the president, the intricacies of policy and politics, and the challenges of navigating crises like Vietnam and Watergate. The discussions highlight the centrality of the chief of staff role, a position that has grown in importance as the White House staff expanded and assumed greater control over administrative and policy matters. Reflecting on their time in the West Wing, the participants underscore the indispensable balance of loyalty, discretion, and leadership required to support the president effectively. By documenting these perspectives, the book not only captures the pivotal role of the chief of staff in modern governance but also offers timeless lessons for anyone entrusted with managing power and influence at the highest levels.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1986.

Edited by Arthur J. O. Anderson Frances Berdan and James Lockhart

Beyond the Codices

$39.95

Beyond the Codices: The Nahua View of Colonial Mexico explores a lesser-known yet rich corpus of Nahuatl texts that reflect the dynamic cultural and social changes experienced by indigenous communities in colonial Mexico. While much of classical Nahuatl scholarship has focused on pre-Columbian legends, annals, and poetry—often presented in elaborately illustrated "codices"—this study turns its attention to everyday records such as wills, land transactions, municipal council minutes, tax records, and petitions. These documents provide a more immediate and practical perspective on post-conquest life, revealing how indigenous communities navigated the colonial system and adapted their traditions to new realities.

The book seeks to make these scattered, unpublished, and linguistically challenging records more accessible by presenting a selection of transcribed, translated, and annotated texts. This "second world" of Nahuatl documentation, though initially daunting due to its standardized and legalistic forms, can be understood more easily once a single model document is mastered. Drawing on key sources such as the Coyoacan papers from Mexico's Archivo General de la Nación and UCLA's McAfee Collection, the authors aim to provide scholars with the tools to unlock this overlooked repository of indigenous colonial history. Their work underscores the importance of these texts in broadening our understanding of the complex interplay between indigenous and colonial cultures.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.

R. A. Burchell

The San Francisco Irish, 1848-1880

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In this vivid social history, R. A. Burchell follows the Irish who crossed not only the Atlantic but an entire continent to make a new kind of urban life in Gold Rush California. The San Francisco Irish, 1848–1880 overturns East Coast narratives of entrenched nativism to show how a city without an inherited ruling class—exploding from fewer than a thousand residents to a quarter million in three decades—opened political, economic, and ecclesiastical space to newcomers. Drawing on census manuscripts, city directories, newspapers, and institutional records, Burchell reconstructs a community that by 1880 comprised roughly a third of San Francisco’s inhabitants, with Catholicism the city’s largest denomination. He tracks the rise of Irish financiers and builders (the Donahues), the founding of banks and orphanages, and early victories at the ballot box—from Frank McCoppin’s mayoralty to Eugene Casserly’s seat in the U.S. Senate—arguing that California’s compressed, improvisational urbanization blunted older hierarchies and recast ethnic power.

Burchell does not romanticize. Against the major theme of mobility and opportunity runs a persistent minor key: structural inequality, the burdens of poverty and disease, and the familiar, if muted, suspicions attached to Catholic allegiance. By juxtaposing riot-scarred Boston and Philadelphia with San Francisco’s cross-confessional “live and let live” ethos, he explains both the city’s unusual tolerance and the limits of that tolerance. The result is a finely grained account of how Irish migrants fashioned institutions, leveraged patronage, and settled permanently—evident in lengthening residence patterns—within a volatile extractive economy driven by gold, railroads, and Nevada silver. A model case study in immigrant urban history, The San Francisco Irish reframes the nineteenth-century American city from the Pacific slope, where the absence of a long past made the future, for a time, radically negotiable.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.

Bruce Berglund

The Fastest Game in the World

$24.95

The untold story of hockey's deep roots from different regions of the world, and its global, cultural impact.

Played on frozen ponds in cold northern lands, hockey seemed an especially unlikely game to gain a global following. But from its beginnings in the nineteenth century, the sport has drawn from different cultures and crossed boundaries––between Canada and the United States, across the Atlantic, and among different regions of Europe. It has been a political flashpoint within countries and internationally. And it has given rise to far-reaching cultural changes and firmly held traditions.

The Fastest Game in the World is a global history of a global sport, drawing upon research conducted around the world in a variety of languages. From Canadian prairies to Swiss mountain resorts, Soviet housing blocks to American suburbs, Bruce Berglund takes readers on an international tour, seamlessly weaving in hockey’s local, national, and international trends. Written in a lively style with wide-ranging breadth and attention to telling detail, The Fastest Game in the World will thrill both the lifelong fan and anyone who is curious about how games intertwine with politics, economics, and culture.

Donald Cameron Watt

Too Serious a Business

$39.95

Too Serious a Business reframes the road to 1939 by shifting the spotlight from cabinet rooms to General Staffs. Donald Cameron Watt argues that, unlike 1914—when belligerent militaries hustled civilians toward war—the late-1930s saw the reverse: senior officers across Britain, France, Germany, and Italy warned of disaster, resigned in protest, or quietly conspired to avert catastrophe while civilians pressed forward. From General Beck’s break with Hitler and Vuillemin’s grim air-power assessments to Pariani’s pessimism and the British Chiefs of Staff’s pre-Munich gloom, Watt reconstructs a Europe in which professional soldiers hesitated—even as civil societies slid toward confrontation. Setting the Second World War’s opening phase within what contemporaries felt as a pan-European “civil war,” he traces how interwar paramilitaries, ideological polarizations, and the collapse of shared diplomatic conventions eroded a once-cohesive civitas Europae.

Marrying high politics with institutional and intellectual military history, Watt examines four interlocking questions: how General Staffs related to fractured domestic orders; how well they adapted doctrine to rapid technological change (tanks, aircraft, radio, radar); how they read enemies and threats; and, crucially, what advice they actually gave in the climacteric of 1938–40. The result is a comparative anatomy of armed forces under strain—from strategy papers and war plans to the moral economies of officer corps—set against the failing League order and the eclipse of Europe’s pre-1914 elite networks. Rejecting tidy ideological explanations, Watt’s narrative shows how misaligned strategic assumptions and uneven modernization—rather than simple bellicosity—shaped the march to war and the stunning defeats of 1940. Written with breadth and archival rigor, Too Serious a Business will engage scholars of military and diplomatic history, students of interwar Europe, and readers seeking a bracing account of how institutions built to prevent disaster can become its reluctant midwives.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1975.

Eli Jelly-Schapiro

Security and Terror

$95.00

When in 1492 Christopher Columbus set out for Asia but instead happened upon the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola, his error inaugurated a specifically colonial modernity. This is, Security and Terror contends, the colonial modernity within which we still live. And its enduring features are especially vivid in the current American century, a moment marked by a permanent War on Terror and pervasive capitalist dispossession. Resisting the assumption that September 11, 2001, constituted a historical rupture, Eli Jelly-Schapiro traces the political and philosophic genealogies of security and terror—from the settler-colonization of the New World to the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and beyond. A history of the present crisis, Security and Terror also examines how that history has been registered and reckoned with in significant works of contemporary fiction and theory—in novels by Teju Cole, Mohsin Hamid, Junot Díaz, and Roberto Bolaño, and in the critical interventions of Jean Baudrillard, Giorgio Agamben, Judith Butler, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, and others. In this richly interdisciplinary inquiry, Jelly-Schapiro reveals how the erasure of colonial pasts enables the perpetual reproduction of colonial culture.

Stanley A. Wolpert

Tilak and Gokhale

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Stanley Wolpert’s study reframes India’s independence as the culmination of a long gestation rather than a sudden post-1947 birth, arguing that the intellectual and organizational groundwork for nationalism was laid well before Gandhi and Nehru. Centering on Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopal Krishna Gokhale—Gandhi’s most consequential predecessors—Wolpert tracks how their contrasting strategies and moral frames shaped methods of agitation, political education, and mass mobilization by the end of World War I. Tilak’s fiery populism and constitutional militancy (“Father of Indian Unrest” to detractors, national hero to admirers) drew on newspapers, street politics, and cultural revival; Gokhale’s ethical gradualism relied on legislative craft, institution building, and tutelary reform. The book contends that Gandhi’s later success synthesized Tilak’s mobilizing technique with Gokhale’s moral method, translating an inherited repertoire into a program capable of compelling British retreat without civil collapse.

Wolpert also maps the source terrain and historiography. Tilak has attracted abundant, often hagiographic biographies (notably Kelkar’s Marathi trilogy, Karandikar, Tahmankar), grounded in the rich Kesari–Mahratta archives; British assessments like Chirol’s Indian Unrest supply a hostile counterpoint. Gokhale, by contrast, is underrepresented—his moderation, closeness to British officials, and early death yielding fewer, more memoiristic accounts (Paranjpe, Sastri, Gandhi’s tribute) and a handful of fuller biographies (Shahani, Hoyland). Rather than reprise single-figure lives, Wolpert stages a comparative analysis to show how each leader’s moves refracted and provoked the other’s, how both rode—and redirected—main currents of Indian political tradition, and how their competing impulses—revolution and reform—coalesced in the making of modern India. Rejecting “great man” determinism while foregrounding agency, he reads their interaction against institutional and cultural constraints, arguing that understanding their dialogue clarifies the lineage, limits, and continuity of Indian nationalism.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1961.

Austin Ranney

Curing the Mischiefs of Faction

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Curing the Mischiefs of Faction: Party Reform in America offers a profound exploration of the history and challenges of political party reform in the United States. Originating from the Jefferson Memorial Lectures at UC Berkeley, the book examines pivotal moments of transformation, from the end of congressional caucuses for presidential nominations in the 1820s to the groundbreaking McGovern-Fraser reforms of the 1970s. By intertwining historical narrative with insights from the author’s direct involvement in party reform efforts, the book illuminates how these changes have shaped—and been shaped by—the broader dynamics of American democracy.

Rather than following a strict chronological approach, the book organizes its discussion around recurring themes and enduring debates in party reform. This structure highlights the persistent tensions between inclusivity, governance, and representation that have influenced reform efforts throughout history. By examining these recurring issues with both scholarly depth and practical perspective, the book provides a rich resource for understanding the complexities of reforming political institutions in a way that balances democratic ideals with functional governance.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1975.

Edited by David Rock

Latin America in the 1940s

$95.00

Latin America in the 1940s: War and Postwar Transitions delves into the transformative effects of World War II and the Cold War on Latin America's political and social landscape. This decade, marked by "global shocks," reshaped the region’s international relations, replacing deep ties with Europe with unprecedented dependence on the United States. Internally, the period witnessed a fleeting shift toward democracy, labor union growth, and populist movements in many nations, only to see these gains rolled back by the late 1940s. The book explores how these upheavals created the framework for Latin America's political struggles and economic strategies in the decades that followed.

Through a multidisciplinary lens, the volume examines the interplay of external pressures and internal dynamics in shaping the era’s outcomes. Key chapters highlight the economic transformations fueled by industrialization and population growth, alongside the challenges of uneven development and class tensions. Political case studies reveal a spectrum of experiences, from Brazil's oscillation between authoritarianism and populism to Uruguay's democratic resilience. The text also considers the lasting impact of U.S. Cold War policies, which curtailed reformist movements and cemented conservative regimes. Ultimately, the book situates the 1940s as a pivotal watershed, emphasizing its role in crystallizing the region's integration into a new global order and laying the groundwork for its future political and economic trajectories.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1994.

Frank O. Miller

Minobe Tatsukichi

$49.95

Minobe Tatsukichi and the Evolution of Japanese Constitutionalism examines the life, work, and enduring impact of Minobe Tatsukichi, a pivotal figure in Japanese constitutional theory. While Minobe is often referenced in Western literature, his contributions have frequently been reduced to his association with the "emperor-organ theory" and his brief, dramatic clash with militarist factions during the 1935 Minobe Affair. This book seeks to expand beyond those limited narratives, exploring the depth and complexity of Minobe's scholarship, his influence on the interpretation of the Meiji Constitution, and his role in shaping modern Japanese political thought.

The study provides a detailed analysis of Minobe’s constitutional theories, tracing their implications for both prewar and postwar Japan. It situates Minobe as a key player in the evolution of liberal constitutionalism and its tensions with authoritarianism in Japan's modern era. By reevaluating Minobe's ideas in the context of Japan's political transitions—including the post-1945 constitutional reforms—the book sheds light on his lasting relevance. The narrative also addresses Minobe’s ambivalent position during the Occupation period, where his opposition to constitutional revision under American oversight marked a complex and often misunderstood chapter in his career. Through a comprehensive review of Minobe's writings, theoretical contributions, and historical impact, the book enriches our understanding of Japanese constitutional development and the intellectual currents that have shaped it.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1965.

Sara S. Berry

Fathers Work for Their Sons

$95.00

This book delves into the dynamic changes in Nigeria's economy, particularly focusing on the intersection of agricultural development and the burgeoning petroleum industry in the 1970s. The study centers on Yoruba cocoa farmers in Oy State, offering a detailed analysis of how the cocoa-producing sector shaped regional political economies and social mobility. While oil wealth overshadowed agriculture as the dominant economic driver, the book emphasizes the lasting importance of cocoa farming in rural communities. It explores how farmers navigated economic shifts, including the rising dominance of the oil sector, which exposed deep-rooted tensions and challenges, especially in terms of agricultural stagnation and growing inequality. Through a case study of farmers' use of agricultural surplus and social strategies, the book sheds light on how accumulation patterns influenced class formation, rural poverty, and political participation.

The author examines how Yoruba farmers’ reliance on traditional kinship structures and seniority to access resources influenced their involvement in both agricultural and commercial activities. Rather than fitting neatly into Marxist or neoliberal frameworks, the study uncovers how farming families and their descendants maneuvered through political and economic landscapes shaped by patronage, state policies, and opportunities for social mobility. Education is highlighted as a key avenue for upward mobility, allowing the children of cocoa farmers to transition into urban professions and business. By following individual life histories and the broader regional political context, the book provides a rich narrative of how social, economic, and political processes interwove to shape class structures, inequalities, and collective action within western Nigeria’s evolving economy.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985.

Herman Bengtson Translated by R. I. Frank and Frank D. Gillard

Introduction to Ancient History

$39.95

For two decades Professor Hermann Bengtson's Emfübrung in die alte Geschichte (Munich 1949; ed. 6, Munich 1969) has been the standard introduction for German university students of ancient history. No comparable manual has been available in English.

This translation is made especially for students who have not yet acquired facility in German. It departs from Professor Bengtson's text mainly in that the general bibliographical appendix has been reorganized to conform with the plan of the Cambridge Ancient History and also has been revised with the English-reading student in mind. Further, the system of abbreviations has been changed throughout to follow the usage of the Oxford Classical Dictionary and L'année philologique. The most common abbreviations used in ancient studies, as well as those used in this book, have been listed in the appendix.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.

Edited by Lynn White, Jr.

The Transformation of the Roman World

$49.95

The Transformation of the Roman World: Gibbon’s Problem after Two Centuries, edited by Lynn White, Jr., revisits one of the most enduring questions in historical scholarship: how to understand the decline and transformation of the Roman Empire. Sparked by Edward Gibbon’s monumental The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, this volume gathers leading historians to reflect on what has changed in two centuries of research, interpretation, and historical consciousness. By juxtaposing what we now know of the late Roman world with Gibbon’s own intellectual framework and with our modern perspectives, the collection creates a dialogue across time about the nature of historical inquiry itself. The essays address the interplay between fact, interpretation, and self-understanding, showing how each generation rewrites the fall of Rome in its own image.

The volume moves across three distinct but interwoven layers: first, a reassessment of what actually occurred in the centuries of Rome’s transformation, illuminated by modern scholarship in archaeology, social history, and late antiquity studies; second, an exploration of Gibbon himself, examining how Enlightenment rationalism, personal temperament, and eighteenth-century assumptions shaped his account; and third, a consideration of the present, reflecting on why contemporary historians perceive the past differently. In combining these vantage points, The Transformation of the Roman World demonstrates that the study of Rome’s decline is not simply an antiquarian pursuit but a mirror through which we see our own intellectual traditions and cultural anxieties. This book will appeal to scholars, students, and readers of Gibbon alike, offering both an updated account of late antiquity and a meditation on history as a discipline of self-discovery.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1966.

Jeffrey Burton Russell

Dissent and Reform in the Early Middle Ages

$49.95

Dissent and Reform in the Early Middle Ages explores the complex relationship between orthodoxy and heresy, focusing on the ways in which dissent shaped the religious and intellectual landscape of medieval Europe. The book examines key moments in the early Middle Ages, such as the trial and execution of Ramihrd in 1077, to demonstrate the brutal repression faced by those who deviated from accepted Catholic teachings. By tracing the motivations behind dissent, whether rooted in reform, moral critique, or intellectual independence, the author sheds light on how both heretics and the Church viewed the tensions between right belief and right conduct. Dissenters, despite often facing violent repression, were frequently driven by a deep moral or spiritual commitment, challenging the orthodoxy that sought to maintain control over religious thought and practice. This study offers a historical perspective on how dissent was not only an opposition to Church authority but also an integral part of the medieval intellectual and social fabric.

The book also delves into the different types of dissent that emerged during this period, such as Reformists, Eccentrics, and Catharists, each of whom presented alternative theological or moral viewpoints that threatened the Church’s established doctrines. The term heretic is interrogated within the historical and political context of the time, as dissent was often seen as a moral or social threat rather than purely a theological deviation. By identifying the various movements of dissent and reform, the study connects these figures and their beliefs to broader changes in medieval thought and society, highlighting the ways in which nonconformity both challenged and contributed to the development of Christian doctrine. Through this lens, the book examines the intersection of faith, power, and intellectual inquiry in shaping medieval Christianity, offering insight into the pivotal role that dissent played in the evolution of Western religious and cultural history.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1965.

Beverley Bowen Moeller

Phil Swing and Boulder Dam

$95.00

Phil Swing and Boulder Dam is an exploration into the legislative and political intricacies surrounding the creation of Hoover Dam, focusing on the contributions of California Congressman Phil Swing. This study sheds light on Swing's pivotal role in advancing the Boulder Canyon Project Act, while also revisiting widely accepted narratives, particularly Herbert Hoover's claimed influence over the legislation. Through meticulous examination of primary sources, including Swing's papers and Hoover's presidential library records, the book uncovers discrepancies in Hoover's memoirs and other historical accounts, highlighting Swing's earnest advocacy for resource conservation and his clashes with Hoover's preference for private-sector control. The research also delves into the broader socio-political climate of the 1920s, such as the Teapot Dome scandal and the rising progressive movement, which shaped public and legislative attitudes toward hydroelectric power and national resource management.

The book contextualizes the Boulder Canyon project within its era, addressing the economic, political, and environmental debates it ignited. It revisits the project's unforeseen outcomes, from its pivotal role in supporting Southern California's war industries during World War II to the subsequent disputes over water allocation between Arizona and California. By tracing the legislation's trajectory and its impact, this study offers a nuanced perspective on the intersection of public policy, conservation, and political maneuvering. For readers interested in the history of American infrastructure, environmental policy, or 20th-century western development, this book provides a compelling addition to the historical discourse, framed by a careful reassessment of the individuals and ideas that brought one of the country's most iconic engineering marvels to life.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971.

Shankar Nair

Translating Wisdom

$34.95

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.

During the height of Muslim power in Mughal South Asia, Hindu and Muslim scholars worked collaboratively to translate a large body of Hindu Sanskrit texts into the Persian language. Translating Wisdom reconstructs the intellectual processes and exchanges that underlay these translations. Using as a case study the 1597 Persian rendition of the Yoga-Vasistha—an influential Sanskrit philosophical tale whose popularity stretched across the subcontinent—Shankar Nair illustrates how these early modern Muslim and Hindu scholars drew upon their respective religious, philosophical, and literary traditions to forge a common vocabulary through which to understand one another. These scholars thus achieved, Nair argues, a nuanced cultural exchange and interreligious and cross-philosophical dialogue significant not only to South Asia’s past but also its present.

Peter Kenez

Civil War in South Russia, 1919-1920

$49.95

The Russian Civil War, a multifaceted struggle between the Bolsheviks and their opponents, offers a profound lens into the dynamics of power, ideology, and societal upheaval. At its core, the war was more than a military contest—it was a political battle for the hearts and minds of a fragmented nation. While the Bolsheviks demonstrated superior political strategy, organization, and adaptability, the Whites floundered due to their inability to construct effective institutions or garner widespread legitimacy. This failure, compounded by their reliance on outdated systems and resistance to political engagement, critically undermined their capacity to govern and mobilize support. Despite the seeming advantages of Allied aid and a pool of experienced administrators, the Whites' internal divisions and lack of cohesive vision rendered their efforts increasingly ineffectual.

This study delves into the political, administrative, and ideological shortcomings of the White movement, particularly in South Russia, as it evolved from initial optimism to ultimate collapse. By examining the policies, social structures, and leadership dynamics within the White territories, the analysis reveals a pattern of disconnection between central authority and local implementation. Through a comparative approach, the book highlights how the Bolsheviks' ability to align their actions with the aspirations of the masses starkly contrasted with the Whites' entrenched elitism and detachment. While military operations and Allied involvement feature as important elements, the primary focus lies on the political dimensions and institutional weaknesses that defined the conflict and determined its outcome. Ultimately, the Whites' defeat underscores the essential interplay of legitimacy, force, and political engagement in shaping the trajectory of civil wars.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977.