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Journey to the ancient past with cutting-edge science and new data to discover how horses forever altered the course of human history.

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  • UC Press 2024 Annual Report

    View the UC Press 2024 Annual ReportFrom Our New Executive DirectorAs the relatively new executive director of the University of California Press, I am delighted to share this annual report with you. The report highlights some of the Press’s accomplishments during the 2023–24 fiscal year, as well as...
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  • Ten years after the death of Michael Brown, the conditions that led to the uprisings remain

    By Derek Hyra, author of Slow and Sudden Violence: Why and When Uprisings OccurApril 29, 1992: I am in Harlem, preparing for my AAU basketball team practice in Riverside Church’s basement. As I am warming up, my coach suggests I leave immediately. He had heard unrest was likely to erupt on 125th Str...
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  • UC Press Launches Animal History, Documenting the Histories of Animals and Human-Animal Relationships

    UC Press is excited to announce the forthcoming publication of Animal History, a quarterly, online journal from the editorial team of historians Thomas Aiello (Valdosta State University), Susan Nance (University of Guelph), and Daniel Vandersommers (University of Dayton). Animal History w...
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  • UC Press July Award Winners

    UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are several of our July 2024 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news! Ori Burton 25th Susanne M. Glasscock Book Prize, Finalist Melbern G...
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