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UC Press Launches Animal History, Documenting the Histories of Animals and Human-Animal Relationships
Sep 08 2024
Animal History publishes cutting-edge historical research on the histories of animals and human-animal relationships, documenting the impacts animals have had on global histories, cultures, languages, technologies, and environments as well as the impacts that humans have had on animals and their pas
Q&A with Julie Guthman, author of The Problem with Solutions
Jul 17 2024
Why has Silicon Valley become the model for addressing today's myriad social and ecological crises? With this book, Julie Guthman digs into the impoverished solutions for food and agriculture currently emerging from Silicon Valley, urging us to stop trying to fix our broken food system through finit
Celebrating 10 Years of Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
Jul 06 2024
In December 2013, UC Press’s mission-driven, trans-disciplinary, open-access journal Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene published its first article, ushering in its motto, “Open Science for Public Good.” In this blog post we pause to reflect and take note of some of the publication highlights fro
We Need to Reclaim the Muddy Waters of the Louisiana Gulf Coast From the Climate Crisis
May 31 2024
This post was originally published on DeSmog.By Ned Randolph, author of Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta: A Call for ReclamationI grew up in the shadow of the Mississippi River, whose mythology pressed upon my imagination. Its culture inspired iconic works and political move
Q&A with Sunaura Taylor, author of Disabled Ecologies
May 30 2024
Deep below the ground in Tucson, Arizona, lies an aquifer forever altered by the detritus of a postwar Superfund site. Disabled Ecologies tells the story of this contamination and its ripple effects through the largely Mexican American community living above. Drawing on her own complex relationship
Q&A with David Gilbert, author of Countering Dispossession, Reclaiming Land
May 23 2024
Two decades ago, a group of Indonesian agricultural workers began occupying the agribusiness plantation near their homes. In the years since, members of this remarkable movement have reclaimed collective control of their land and cultivated diverse agricultural forests on it, repairing the damage do
Q&A with Ned Randolph, author of Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta
May 14 2024
Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta uses the story of mud to answer a deceptively simple question: How can a place uniquely vulnerable to sea level rise be one of the nation's most promiscuous producers and consumers of fossil fuels? Organized around New Orleans and South Louisiana as a ca
Climate-Smart Intervention Takes Top 2023 Case Studies in the Environment Prize
May 09 2024
The winning case study from the 2023 competition, “Building Resilience in Jamaica’s Farming Communities: Insights From a Climate-Smart Intervention,” from The University of the West Indies’ Donovan Campbell and Shaneica Lester, demonstrates that while climate change poses immense threats to the envi
Q&A with Walter J. Nicholls, Series Editor of IJURR
Apr 16 2024
The IJURR Book Series has established itself as a cornerstone in the field of global urban studies, pushing the boundaries of critical, interdisciplinary, and theory-driven urban research across the globe. Entering a new phase with its partnership with UC Press starting in 2024, the IJURR Book Serie
Q&A with Aaron Eddens, author of Seeding Empire
Apr 15 2024
In Seeding Empire, Aaron Eddens rewrites an enduring story about the past—and future—of global agriculture. Eddens connects today's efforts to cultivate a "Green Revolution in Africa" to a history of American projects that introduced capitalist agriculture across the Global South. Expansive in scope