California Press: 1495 books
Breadlines Knee-Deep in Wheat
Food Assistance in the Great Depression
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2014
At no time during the Great Depression was the contradiction between agriculture surplus and widespread hunger more wrenchingly graphic than in the government's attempt to raise pork prices through the mass slaughter of miliions of "unripe" little pigs. This contradiction was widely perceived...
by Achille Mbembe
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2001
Achille Mbembe is one of the most brilliant theorists of postcolonial studies writing today. In On the Postcolony he profoundly renews our understanding of power and subjectivity in Africa. In a series of provocative essays, Mbembe contests diehard Africanist and nativist perspectives as well as some...
Distribution Revolution
Conversations about the Digital Future of Film and Television
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
Distribution Revolution is a collection of interviews with leading film and TV professionals concerning the many ways that digital delivery systems are transforming the entertainment business. These interviews provide lively insider accounts from studio executives, distribution professionals, and...
Teardown
Memoir of a Vanishing City
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2013
After living in San Francisco for 15 years, journalist Gordon Young found himself yearning for his Rust Belt hometown: Flint, Michigan, the birthplace of General Motors and "star" of the Michael Moore documentary Roger & Me. Hoping to rediscover and help a place that once boasted one...
Honey, Olives, Octopus
Adventures at the Greek Table
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Combining the best of memoir, travel literature, and food writing, Christopher Bakken delves into one of the most underappreciated cuisines in Europe in this rollicking celebration of the Greek table. He explores the traditions and history behind eight elements of Greek cuisine—olives, bread, fish,...
by Roberta Pearson, Máire Messenger Davies
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2014
At the heart of one of the most successful transmedia franchises of all time, Star Trek, lies an initially unsuccessful 1960s television production, Star Trek: The Original Series. In Star Trek and American Television, Pearson and Messenger Davies, take their cue from the words of the program’s...
American Islamophobia
Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
“I remember the four words that repeatedly scrolled across my mind after the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City. ‘Please don’t be Muslims, please don’t be Muslims.’ The four words I whispered to myself on 9/11 reverberated through the mind of every Muslim American...
Shari'ah on Trial
Northern Nigeria's Islamic Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
In November of 1999, Nigerians took to the streets demanding the re-implementation of shari'ah law in their country. Two years later, many Nigerians supported the death sentence by stoning of a peasant woman for alleged sexual misconduct. Public outcry in the West was met with assurances to the Western...
A Just Defiance
Bombmakers, Insurgents, and the Treason Trial of the Delmas Four
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Both a riveting courtroom drama and a real-life thriller, A Just Defiance tells the story of four young black South Africans who were arrested for a string of political murders in 1987. In gripping prose, Peter Harris—the white lawyer who defended the men—describes how he came to understand, while...
The Queen of Fats
Why Omega-3s Were Removed from the Western Diet and What We Can Do to Replace Them
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2006
A nutritional whodunit that takes readers from Greenland to Africa to Israel, The Queen of Fats gives a fascinating account of how we have become deficient in a nutrient that is essential for good health: the fatty acids known as omega-3s. Writing with intelligence and passion, Susan Allport tells...
by Ian D'Agata
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Mountainous terrain, volcanic soils, innumerable microclimates, and an ancient culture of winemaking influenced by Greeks, Phoenicians, and Romans make Italy the most diverse country in the world of wine. This diversity is reflected in the fact that Italy grows the largest number of native wine grapes...
Postmodern Winemaking
Rethinking the Modern Science of an Ancient Craft
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2013
In Postmodern Winemaking, Clark Smith shares the extensive knowledge he has accumulated in engaging, humorous, and erudite essays that convey a new vision of the winemaker's craft--one that credits the crucial roles played by both science and art in the winemaking process. Smith, a leading innovator...
Chicago on the Make
Power and Inequality in a Modern City
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
**"Effectively details the long history of racial conflict and abuse that has led to Chicago becoming one of America's most segregated cities. . . . A wealth of material."**—New York Times
Winner of the 2017 Jon Gjerde Prize, Midwestern History Association
Winner of the 2017 Award...
Serendipity
An Ecologist's Quest to Understand Nature
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
"Many of the findings in the book . . . are classics of ecology. . . . A rare and delightful insight into timely science."—Jane Lubchenco, Nature
"Estes's refreshing narrative deftly weaves rigorous science with personal reflection to create an absorbing and introspective read that...