California Press: 1495 books
Divided Spirits
Tequila, Mezcal, and the Politics of Production
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Divided Spirits tells the stories of tequila and mezcal, two of Mexico’s most iconic products. In doing so, the book illustrates how neoliberalism influences the production, branding, and regulation of local foods and drinks. It also challenges the strategy of relying on “alternative” markets...
Race and Crime
Geographies of Injustice
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Criminal justice practices such as policing and imprisonment are integral to the creation of racialized experiences in U.S. society. Race as an important category of difference, however, did not arise here with the criminal justice system but rather with the advent of European colonial conquest and...
La Cocina Mexicana
Many Cultures, One Cuisine
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
After thirty years of leading culinary tours throughout Mexico, Marilyn Tausend teams up with Mexican chef and regional cooking authority Ricardo Muñoz Zurita to describe how the cultures of many profoundly different peoples combined to produce the unmistakable flavors of Mexican food. Weaving engrossing...
Popes, Peasants, and Shepherds
Recipes and Lore from Rome and Lazio
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
The food of Rome and its region, Lazio, is redolent of herbs, olive oil, ricotta, lamb, and pork. It is the food of ordinary, frugal people, yet it is a very modern cuisine in that it gives pride of place to the essential flavors of its ingredients. In this only English-language book to encompass...
Covert Capital
Landscapes of Denial and the Making of U.S. Empire in the Suburbs of Northern Virginia
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2013
The capital of the U.S. Empire after World War II was not a city. It was an American suburb. In this innovative and timely history, Andrew Friedman chronicles how the CIA and other national security institutions created a U.S. imperial home front in the suburbs of Northern Virginia. In this covert...
Why Calories Count
From Science to Politics
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2012
Calories—too few or too many—are the source of health problems affecting billions of people in today’s globalized world. Although calories are essential to human health and survival, they cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted. They are also hard to understand. In Why Calories Count, Marion Nestle...
Cuisine and Empire
Cooking in World History
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Rachel Laudan tells the remarkable story of the rise and fall of the world’s great cuisines—from the mastery of grain cooking some twenty thousand years ago, to the present—in this superbly researched book. Probing beneath the apparent confusion of dozens of cuisines to reveal the underlying...
Barolo and Barbaresco
The King and Queen of Italian Wine
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
Following on the success of her books on Brunello di Montalcino, renowned author and wine critic Kerin O’Keefe takes readers on a historic and in-depth journey to discover Barolo and Barbaresco, two of Italy’s most fascinating and storied wines. In this groundbreaking new book, O’Keefe gives...
Bordeaux/Burgundy
A Vintage Rivalry
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
Seeking to penetrate the mysteries of two great wine regions—"two opposite civilizations, two distinct ways of feeling"—Jean-Robert Pitte embarks upon an evocative and fascinating exploration of the land, people, and wines of Bordeaux and Burgundy. His account is a rich tapestry of terroir,...
Reading between the Wines
With a New Preface
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
Acclaimed importer and wine guru Terry Theise, long known for his top-notch portfolio and his illustrious writing, now offers this opinionated, idiosyncratic, and beautifully written testament to wine. What constitutes beauty in wine, and how do we appreciate it? What role does wine play in a soulful,...
Love, Money, and HIV
Becoming a Modern African Woman in the Age of AIDS
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2014
How do modern women in developing countries experience sexuality and love? Drawing on a rich array of interview, ethnographic, and survey data from her native country of Kenya, Sanyu A. Mojola examines how young African women, who suffer disproportionate rates of HIV infection compared to young African...
Listening to Killers
Lessons Learned from My Twenty Years as a Psychological Expert Witness in Murder Cases
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Listening to Killers offers an inside look at twenty years' worth of murder files from Dr. James Garbarino, a leading expert psychological witness who listens to killers so that he can testify in court. The author offers detailed accounts of how killers travel a path that leads from childhood innocence...
Miller's Children
Why Giving Teenage Killers a Second Chance Matters for All of Us
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Miller’s Children is a passionate and comprehensive look at the human consequences of the US Supreme Court’s decision in the case of *Miller v. Alabama, *which outlaws mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juvenile murderers. The decision to apply the law retroactively to other cases...
by Jerry D. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2012
Many animals build shelters, but only humans build homes. No other species creates such a variety of dwellings. Drawing examples from across the archaeological record and around the world, archaeologist Jerry D. Moore recounts the cultural development of the uniquely human imperative to maintain domestic...