California Press: 1495 books
The Age of Irreverence
A New History of Laughter in China
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
The Age of Irreverence tells the story of why China’s entry into the modern age was not just traumatic, but uproarious. As the Qing dynasty slumped toward extinction, prominent writers compiled jokes into collections they called "histories of laughter." In the first years of the Republic,...
An Archive of Hope
Harvey Milk's Speeches and Writings
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Harvey Milk was one of the first openly and politically gay public officials in the United States, and his remarkable activism put him at the very heart of a pivotal civil rights movement reshaping America in the 1970s. An Archive of Hope is Milk in his own words, bringing together in one volume a...
Robo sapiens japanicus
Robots, Gender, Family, and the Japanese Nation
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
Japan is arguably the first postindustrial society to embrace the prospect of human-robot coexistence. Over the past decade, Japanese humanoid robots designed for use in homes, hospitals, offices, and schools have become celebrated in mass and social media throughout the world. In Robo sapiens japanicus,...
Greeks, Romans, Germans
How the Nazis Usurped Europe's Classical Past
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Much has been written about the conditions that made possible Hitler's rise and the Nazi takeover of Germany, but when we tell the story of the National Socialist Party, should we not also speak of Julius Caesar and Pericles? Greeks, Romans, Germans argues that to fully understand the racist, violent...
The Jazz Bubble
Neoclassical Jazz in Neoliberal Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
Hailed by corporate, philanthropic, and governmental organizations as a metaphor for democratic interaction and business dynamics, contemporary jazz culture has a story to tell about the relationship between political economy and social practice in the era of neoliberal capitalism. The Jazz Bubble...
Heroes of Empire
Five Charismatic Men and the Conquest of Africa
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2010
During the decades of empire (1870–1914), legendary heroes and their astonishing deeds of conquest gave imperialism a recognizable human face. Henry Morton Stanley, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Charles Gordon, Jean-Baptiste Marchand, and Hubert Lyautey all braved almost unimaginable dangers among...
The Decline of Sentiment
American Film in the 1920s
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2008
The Decline of Sentiment seeks to characterize the radical shifts in taste that transformed American film in the jazz age. Based upon extensive reading of trade papers and the popular press of the day, Lea Jacobs documents the films and film genres that were considered old-fashioned, as well as those...
Death in the City
Suicide and the Social Imaginary in Modern Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
At the turn of the twentieth century, many observers considered suicide to be a worldwide social problem that had reached epidemic proportions. In Mexico City, violent deaths in public spaces were commonplace in a city undergoing rapid modernization. Crime rates mounted, corpses piled up in the morgue,...
Uberland
How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Silicon Valley technology is transforming the way we work, and Uber is leading the charge. An American startup that promised to deliver entrepreneurship for the masses through its technology, Uber instead built a new template for employment using algorithms and Internet platforms. Upending our understanding...
by Richard Taruskin
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2008
Over the past four decades, Richard Taruskin's publications have redefined the field of Russian-music study. This volume gathers thirty-six essays on composers ranging from Bortnyansky in the eighteenth century to Tarnopolsky in the twenty-first, as well as all of the famous names in between. Some...
Sophisticated Giant
The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Sophisticated Giant presents the life and legacy of tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon (1923–1990), one of the major innovators of modern jazz. In a context of biography, history, and memoir, Maxine Gordon has completed the book that her late husband began, weaving his “solo” turns with her voice...
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2
The Complete and Authoritative Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2013
Mark Twain’s complete, uncensored Autobiography was an instant bestseller when the first volume was published in 2010, on the centennial of the author’s death, as he requested. Published to rave reviews, the Autobiography was hailed as the capstone of Twain’s career. It captures his authentic...
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 3
The Complete and Authoritative Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
The surprising final chapter of a great American life.
When the first volume of Mark Twain’s uncensored Autobiography was published in 2010, it was hailed as an essential addition to the shelf of his works and a crucial document for our understanding of the great humorist’s life and times....
by John Zarobell
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
Art and the Global Economy analyzes major changes in the global art world that have emerged in the last twenty years including structural shifts in the global art market; the proliferation of international art fairs, biennials and blockbuster exhibitions; and the internationalization of the scope...