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Revolution and improvement
Revolution and Improvement: The Western World 1775–1847 offers a sweeping yet incisive study of the formative decades that defined the modern West. John Roberts situates the period between the American Revolution and the revolutions of 1848 as a decisive “zone of change,” where the intertwined fo...
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The popular book
The Popular Book: A History of America’s Literary Taste by James D. Hart traces how ordinary readers across four centuries have shaped, and been shaped by, what they read. Beginning with the utilitarian choices of the Mayflower settlers, Hart follows the growth of a reading public that consumed e...
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The question of eclecticism
The Question of Eclecticism: Studies in Later Greek Philosophy offers a rigorous reexamination of a period often dismissed as intellectually stagnant—the first century B.C. to the second century A.D.—through a critical lens that challenges the pejorative connotations of the term "eclecticism." Tr...
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Systems of order and inquiry in later eighteenth-century fiction
Systems of Order and Inquiry in Later Eighteenth-Century Fiction by Eric Rothstein reconceives the “rules” of the novel not as prescriptive poetics but as interacting systems—of narrative order and epistemological inquiry—shared by five famously unlike works: Rasselas, Tristram Shandy, Humphry Cl...
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Okubo toshimichi
Okubo Toshimichi: The Bismarck of Japan by Masakazu Iwata offers the first full-length English-language biography of one of the central architects of Japan’s Meiji Restoration. Okubo (1830–1878), long overshadowed by his compatriots Saigo Takamori and Kido Koin, emerges here as the pivotal states...
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The working-class tories
The Working-Class Tories: Authority, Deference and Stable Democracy by Eric A. Nordlinger explores the paradox of a majority working-class society that consistently produces a stable and effective democracy, and in which a substantial segment of the working class votes Conservative. At the heart ...
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Westward in eden
Westward in Eden: The Public Lands and the Conservation Movement traces the contested history of America’s vast federal lands and the political, cultural, and legal battles that have shaped their fate. Written against the backdrop of the late 1970s and early 1980s, the book situates public land p...
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Bureaucratic politics and administration in chile
Bureaucratic Politics and Administration in Chile offers a nuanced examination of the administrative processes and political dynamics within Chile’s bureaucracy during a transformative period in its history. Moving beyond simplistic characterizations of bureaucracy in low-income countries as eith...
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The asian century
The Asian Century: A History of Modern Nationalism in Asia examines the transformation of Asia from a region defined by disparate cultural traditions to one unified by its response to Western imperialism and its revolutionary embrace of modernity. The author argues that until the 19th century, As...
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Competition and oligopsony in the douglas fir lumber industry
This in-depth analysis of the Douglas fir lumber industry investigates the relationship between industry structure, firm behavior, and performance outcomes. While the lumber production sector exemplifies characteristics of pure competition—with numerous mills and firms producing homogeneous produ...
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California slavic studies, volume v
The California Slavic Studies: Volume V is an essential contribution to the field of Slavic and Russian studies, published under the stewardship of the University of California Press. This volume, part of a broader series dedicated to advancing scholarship in Slavic studies, contains a collection...
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William perkins's journal of life at sonora, 1849 - 1852
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 s...
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Mechanics of the middle class
Mechanics of the Middle Class: Work and Politics Among American Engineers by Robert Zussman offers a rich sociological portrait of engineers as a defining stratum of the American middle class. Drawing on interviews and fieldwork in two contrasting industries—traditional metalworking and advanced ...
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Folk tale, fiction and saga in the homeric epics
Folk Tale, Fiction, and Saga in the Homeric Epics is Rhys Carpenter’s classic exploration of the oral traditions behind the Iliad and the Odyssey. Delivered as part of the Sather Classical Lectures, this work interrogates the relationship between saga, folklore, and literary invention in Homeric ...
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Primary productivity in aquatic environments
Primary Productivity in Aquatic Environments presents a comprehensive and pioneering exploration of the biological foundations of aquatic ecosystems, marking a significant milestone in the International Biological Programme (I.B.P.). As the first symposium of the I.B.P., held in Pallanza, Italy, ...
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Oil and revolution in mexico
Oil and Revolution in Mexico offers a compelling analysis of the transformative yet fraught relationship between foreign capital and domestic development during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Focusing on the role of American and British oil companies in shaping Mexico's economic, politic...
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Civil war in south russia, 1919-1920
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 n...
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Peasants in socialist transition
Peasants in Socialist Transition: Life in a Collectivized Hungarian Village offers an in-depth exploration of the dramatic social, economic, and political changes that have shaped rural Hungary over the mid-20th century. Anchored in the village of "Kislapos" (a pseudonym), the study examines the ...
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Curing the mischiefs of faction
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 o...
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Keep out
Keep Out: The Struggle for Land Use Control offers a compelling exploration of resistance to capitalist expansion and political centralization in the United States. This incisive work examines a less commonly considered opposition: American landowners who leverage private property rights and land...
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We are here
We Are Here: Politics of Aboriginal Land Tenure edited by Edwin N. Wilmsen brings together leading anthropologists to examine how indigenous systems of landholding have been understood, misrecognized, and increasingly asserted within the legal and political frameworks of modern nation-states. Lon...
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The ancient egyptian book of two ways
This title is one of the earliest known "guides to the beyond," offering a spiritual map intended to help the deceased navigate the afterlife. Inscribed on the bottoms of noble coffins, the text’s intricate zigzagging routes symbolize the paths one must take to overcome various trials and reach a...
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Rethinking architecture
Rethinking Architecture: Design Students and Physically Disabled People by Raymond Lifchez examines how architectural education can be reshaped by engaging directly with the experiences of physically disabled people. The book grows out of an experimental studio project at the University of Califo...
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Middle eastern cities
Middle Eastern Cities: A Symposium on Ancient, Islamic, and Contemporary Middle Eastern Urbanism is an essential exploration of the enduring relationship between urban centers and their surrounding societies throughout the history of the Middle East. This collection emerges from a landmark sympos...
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Modern weed control
Modern Weed Control explores the transformative evolution of weed management from a minor agricultural practice to a cornerstone of contemporary agribusiness. Since its inception in 1942, the field has expanded exponentially, with a growing body of chemists, agronomists, plant physiologists, and ...
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Soviet national income 1958-1964
Soviet National Income, 1958–1964: National Accounts of the USSR in the Seven Year Plan Period by Abraham S. Becker offers a rigorous reconstruction and analysis of Soviet national income during a critical juncture in postwar economic history. Using the Soviet National Income and Product (SNIP) a...
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Gothic drama from walpole to shelley
Gothic Drama from Walpole to Shelley examines the often-overlooked realm of Gothic drama in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, arguing that it deserves equal attention to its more famous counterpart, the Gothic novel. While the Gothic novel, with its castles, tyrants, and eerie atmospheres, ...
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River plains and sea coasts
River Plains and Sea Coasts presents Richard Russell’s Hitchcock Lectures of 1965, a landmark synthesis of his decades of research into geomorphology—the study of landforms and the processes that shape them. In these lectures Russell reflects on his intellectual departure from the Davisian model ...
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The trouble with america
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 ambit...
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The gaiety of language
This study explores the radical poetics of William Butler Yeats and Wallace Stevens, focusing on their contributions to modern literary theory and the unique role of imagination in their works. By tracing their poetic theories within the broader context of post-Romantic criticism, the essay criti...
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Sources of business information
Sources of Business Information, by Edwin T. Coman, Jr., is a practical bibliographic guide designed to orient businessmen, researchers, and students to the expanding world of business reference materials. First published in the mid-twentieth century and later revised, the book addresses the chal...
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Kepler's dream
Kepler’s Dream is a visionary work that blends scientific exploration with imaginative storytelling, marking one of the earliest examples of speculative science fiction. Written by Johannes Kepler in the early 17th century, this allegorical text delves into lunar travel through the story of Durac...
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The conquest of tuberculosis
The Conquest of Tuberculosis chronicles the long and arduous battle against one of humanity’s most devastating diseases. Tuberculosis, often called the "great white plague," has plagued humankind for millennia, recognized in ancient civilizations and documented in Biblical texts. Known for its de...
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The new brahmans
The New Brahmans: Five Maharashtrian Families offers an illuminating exploration of the societal transformations in Maharashtra during a pivotal era in Indian history. This book examines the complex interplay of tradition and modernity through the lives of five Brahman families, shedding light on...
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Risk and rationality
Risk and Rationality: Philosophical Foundations for Populist Reforms offers a rigorous philosophical reconstruction of how societies should evaluate and govern technological hazards. K. S. Shrader-Frechette charts a “middle path” between cultural relativism and naive positivism, demonstrating why...
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The transformation of the roman world
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...
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Protest and resistance in angola and brazil
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 moveme...
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The lands of st peter
The Lands of St. Peter: The Papal State in the Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance explores the evolution of the Papal State, a dominion under the Roman bishop's rule from the eighth century to 1870. This scholarly work delves into the complex interplay of religion, politics, and regional gover...
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What to do about aids
What to Do About AIDS: Physicians and Mental Health Professionals Discuss the Issues, edited by Leon McKusick, brings together leading clinicians and researchers at a pivotal moment in the history of the epidemic. First published when HIV/AIDS was still poorly understood and heavily stigmatized, ...
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The beast in the boudoir
Kathleen Kete's wise and witty examination of petkeeping in nineteenth-century Paris provides a unique window through which to view the lives of ordinary French people. She demonstrates how that cliché of modern life, the family dog, reveals the tensions that modernity created for the Parisian bo...
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Soviet and east european agriculture
Soviet and East European Agriculture, edited by Jerzy F. Karcz, brings together leading scholars to examine the complexities, contradictions, and evolving policies of socialist farming systems during the mid-twentieth century. Originating from the 1965 Conference on Soviet Agricultural and Peasan...
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Johnson agonistes and other essays
Johnson Agonistes and Other Essays brings together Bertrand H. Bronson’s most influential meditations on Samuel Johnson and his circle, offering a master class in literary criticism and intellectual history. Opening with the title essay, Bronson presents Johnson as a man of turbulent imagination ...
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Man, land, and water
Man, Land, and Water delves into the socioeconomic and political evolution of Mexico during a transformative era, emphasizing the intertwined dynamics of land ownership, water management, and agricultural policy. Spanning the latter half of the 19th century into the early 20th, this work provides...
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Memoirs of the polish baroque
Memoirs of the Polish Baroque: The Writings of Jan Chryzostom Pasek, A Squire of the Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania is a vivid exploration of 17th-century life in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, as recounted by one of its most colorful figures. Pasek's memoirs blend humor, action, and s...
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Collective bargaining and productivity
Collective Bargaining and Productivity: The Longshore Mechanization Agreement provides a meticulous analysis of the transformative effects of collective bargaining on productivity within the Pacific Coast longshore industry. Authored by Professor Hartman, this work explores the complex evolution ...
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British politics and european unity
British Politics and European Unity: Parties, Elites, and Pressure Groups offers a comprehensive analysis of Britain’s complex relationship with European integration from 1956 to 1967. The book delves into three pivotal phases in British policy: the Free Trade Area and European Free Trade Associa...
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Alfred kroeber
The Handbook of the Indians of California, written by Alfred Kroeber between 1916 and 1917, is the defining work by which he is widely recognized. Known beyond academic circles, the Handbook remains a primary reference for many on California's Indigenous cultures. Kroeber embraced this associatio...
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A democratic south africa?
A Democratic South Africa? Constitutional Engineering in a Divided Society explores the formidable challenges of building a democratic system in a society as racially and ethnically divided as South Africa. The book underscores the complexity of crafting institutions and processes that can foster...
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Cebuano sorcery
Cebuano Sorcery: Malign Magic in the Philippines offers an in-depth exploration of persistent sorcery beliefs and practices in the Cebuano region of the Philippines, shedding light on their cultural significance amidst centuries of social transformation. Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted i...
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The sacred in a secular age
Sacred in a Secular Age, edited by Phillip E. Hammond, brings together leading scholars to reassess one of the most enduring assumptions in the sociology of religion: the secularization thesis. Long taken as conventional wisdom, the thesis posits an inexorable decline of the sacred as societies m...
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The kapalikas and kalamukhas
The Kapalikas and Kalamukhas delves into the mysterious histories and practices of the Kapalikas and Kalamukhas, two Śaivite sects that thrived in medieval India before fading into obscurity. Often misunderstood and depicted through the critical lenses of their adversaries or incomplete inscripti...
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Revolution in perspective
Revolution in Perspective: Essays on the Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919, edited by Andrew C. Janos and William B. Slottman, brings together a distinguished group of scholars to reassess one of modern Europe’s most enigmatic revolutions. Arising in the tumultuous aftermath of World War I, the s...
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To make america
To Make America: European Emigration in the Early Modern Period brings together leading scholars to examine one of the most consequential yet understudied forces in Atlantic history: the mass movement of Europeans across the ocean between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Edited by Ida Altm...
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Prescriptions for death
Prescriptions for Death: The Drugging of the Third World is a compelling exposé of the pharmaceutical industry’s ethical failings and regulatory loopholes that disproportionately affect developing nations. Authors Milton Silverman, Philip R. Lee, and Mia Lydecker critically examine how multinatio...
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Asset prices in economic analysis
This study explores the critical role of assets in economic analysis, emphasizing the asset pricing process and its connections to broader economic phenomena. Traditional economic approaches have often prioritized flow dynamics over stock considerations, but the rising interest in economic growth...
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Essays on the moral concepts
Essays on the Moral Concepts compiles a collection of his most significant contributions to ethical theory, many of which were previously scattered in academic journals. The volume serves as a convenient collection for students of moral philosophy, offering an expanded view of the perspective pre...
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Religion and politics in pakistan
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 intelle...
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High culture fever
High Culture Fever: Politics, Aesthetics, and Ideology in Deng’s China captures the vibrant and turbulent intellectual landscape of 1980s China, a decade where utopian visions and emergent crises coexisted in complex tension. This period witnessed the Chinese Communist Party’s ambitious pursuit o...
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The archaeological and linguistic reconstruction of african history
This title combines archaeology and linguistics to explore Africa's early history, especially where written records are scarce or absent. By pairing the physical evidence of past societies with insights from language evolution, the book reveals a fuller picture of Africa's cultural and historical...
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W. b. yeats
W. B. Yeats: The Later Poetry by Thomas Parkinson offers a sustained analysis of Yeats’s late work, focusing on how his poems were composed, revised, and shaped into their final form. Building on his earlier study Yeats, Self-Critic, Parkinson turns to the manuscripts, prose writings, and finishe...
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Rugged justice
Rugged Justice: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the American West, 1891–1941 by David C. Frederick offers the first full history of the nation’s largest regional appellate court during its formative half-century, showing how law and landscape shaped one another across a vast jurisdiction s...
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Birds and mammals of the sierra nevada
Birds and Mammals of the Sierra Nevada chronicles decades of ecological and zoological research conducted in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, tracing its origins to a 1916 expedition by the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California. The book provides an in-depth account...
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Why organizers fail
Why Organizers Fail: The Story of a Rent Strike by Harry Brill offers a rare inside look at the dynamics of grassroots political action and the difficulties of sustaining power among the poor. Based on the author’s close association with a fourteen-month rent strike in “Presentation City,” the bo...
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Regarding politics
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 scholar...
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Book selection and censorship
Book Selection and Censorship offers an in-depth exploration of the interplay between library practices, community pressures, and the evolving cultural climate in mid-20th century California. This groundbreaking study, initiated by the California Library Association and the University of Californ...
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The voice in the margin
In its consideration of American Indian literature as a rich and exciting body of work, The Voice in the Margin invites us to broaden our notion of what a truly inclusive American literature might be, and of how it might be placed in relation to an international—a "cosmopolitan"—literary canon. T...
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Poland
Poland: The United Nations Series offers a profound exploration of Poland’s history, culture, and political trajectory, particularly through the lens of the challenges and transformations it faced in the interwar period (1919-1939). Part of a larger initiative aimed at fostering mutual understand...
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The imperial order
The Imperial Order explores the dynamics of political power, focusing on the rise, operation, and decline of great empires throughout history. Drawing from Aesop's allegory of the frogs and their kings, the book reflects on the inherent tendencies of rulers to misuse power, often prioritizing per...
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The politics of the barrios of venezuela
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 scholar...
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The san francisco irish, 1848-1880
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 a...
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Studia pindarica
Studia Pindarica by Elroy L. Bundy is a landmark in classical philology that reshaped modern understandings of Pindar’s victory odes. Originally published in 1962 and reissued in this combined edition, the book distills Bundy’s methodological innovations into close readings of two key epinician p...
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Just schools
Examines the goals of equality in education, reviews the experiences of five communities, and recommends policy measures to improve educational opportunity in the United States.This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to ...
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The rise of professionalism
The Rise of Professionalism offers a penetrating reconstruction of how “the professions” emerged as distinctive power formations in modern capitalist societies. Magali Sarfatti Larson dismantles functionalist and ideal‐typical accounts that naturalize professional prestige by invoking disinterest...
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