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The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in
academic publishing Academic publishing is the subfield of publishing which distributes academic research and scholarship. Most academic work is published in academic journal articles, books or theses. The part of academic written output that is not formally pub ...
. It was founded in 1893 to publish scholarly and scientific works by faculty of the University of California, established 25 years earlier in 1868, and has been officially headquartered at the university's flagship campus in Berkeley, California, since its inception. As the non-profit publishing arm of the University of California system, the UC Press is fully subsidized by the university and the State of California. A third of its authors are faculty members of the university. The press publishes over 250 new books and almost four dozen multi-issue journals annually, in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, and maintains approximately 4,000 book titles in print. It is also the digital publisher of Collabra and Luminos
open access Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of access charges or other barriers. With open access strictly defined (according to the 2001 definition), or libre op ...
(OA) initiatives. The University of California Press publishes in the following subjects: African studies, American studies, ancient world (classics), anthropology, art, Asian studies, communication, criminology & criminal justice, economics, environmental studies, film & media studies, food & wine, gender & sexuality, global studies, health, history, language, Latin American studies, literary studies & poetry, Middle Eastern studies, music, philosophy, politics, psychology, religion, sciences, and sociology. The press has its administrative office in downtown
Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...
, an editorial branch office in
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, and a sales office in
New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...
, and distributes through marketing offices in Great Britain, Asia, Australia, and Latin America. A Board consisting of senior officers of the University of California, headquartered in Berkeley, holds responsibility for the operations of the press, and authorizes and approves all manuscripts for publication. The Editorial Committee consists of distinguished faculty members representing the university's nine campuses. The press commissioned as its corporate typeface
University of California Old Style University of California Old Style is a serif typeface designed by Frederic Goudy and created for the University of California Press from 1936–8. It is one of Goudy's most popular serif typefaces. It is also known as Berkeley Old Style and Ca ...
from type designer Frederic Goudy from 1936 to 1938, although it no longer always uses the design.


Notable books

*'' Language As Symbolic Action'', Kenneth Burke (1966) *'' The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge'', Carlos Castaneda (1968) *''Technicians of the Sacred: A Range of Poetries from Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania'', Jerome Rothenberg (1968; 50th anniversary edition 2017) *'' The Mysterious Stranger'',
Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...
(definitive edition) (1969, based on work first published in 1916) *'' Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution'' (1969) *'' The Making of a Counter Culture,'' Theodore Roszak (1970) *'' Self-Consuming Artifacts: The Experience of Seventeenth-Century Literature'', Stanley Fish (1972) *''
The Ancient Economy ''The Ancient Economy'' is a book about the economic system of classical antiquity written by the classicist Moses I. Finley. It was originally published in 1973. Finley interprets the economy from 1000 BC to 500 AD sociologically, instead of usi ...
'',
Moses I. Finley Sir Moses Israel Finley, FBA (born Finkelstein; 20 May 1912 – 23 June 1986) was an American-born British academic and classical scholar. His prosecution by the United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security during the 1950s, resulted ...
(1973) *'' Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism'', Marina Warner (1981) *''Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education'', Nel Noddings (1984, 2nd edition 2003) *'' Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age'',
Benjamin R. Barber Benjamin R. Barber (August 2, 1939 – April 24, 2017) was an American political theorist and author, perhaps best known for his 1995 bestseller, ''Jihad vs. McWorld'', and for 2013's ''If Mayors Ruled the World''. His 1984 book of political t ...
(1984) *''
Art in the San Francisco Bay Area The history of art in the San Francisco Bay Area includes major contributions to contemporary art, including Abstract Expressionism. The area is known for its cross-disciplinary artists like Bruce Conner, Bruce Nauman, and Peter Voulkos as well as ...
'', Thomas Albright (1985) *'' Religious Experience'', Wayne Proudfoot (1985) *'' The War Within: America's Battle over Vietnam'', Tom Wells (1994) *'' George Grosz: An Autobiography'',
George Grosz George Grosz (; born Georg Ehrenfried Groß; July 26, 1893 – July 6, 1959) was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objec ...
(translated by Nora Hodges) (published 1998, written in 1946, translated in 1955) *'' Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy'', Kevin Bales (1999) *'' Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn'', Karen McCarthy Brown (2001) *'' A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America'', Michael Barkun (2003) *'' Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History'',
Norman G. Finkelstein Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norm ...
(2005) *'' Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume One'',
Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...
(2010) *'' Revival from Below: The Deoband Movement and Global Islam'', Brannon D. Ingram (2018) *'' Perfecting Women: Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanawi's Bihishti Zewar'', Barbara D. Metcalf (1992)


Open access (OA) programs at UC Press

; Collabra Collabra is University of California Press's open access journal program. The Collabra program currently publishes two open access journals, ''Collabra: Psychology ''and'' Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene'', with plans for continued expansion and journal acquisition. ; Luminos Luminos is University of California Press's open access response to the challenged monograph landscape. With the same high standards for selection, peer review, production, and marketing as its traditional book publishing program, Luminos is a transformative model, built as a partnership where costs and benefits are shared.


Notable series

The University of California Press re-printed a number of novels under the ''California Fiction'' series from 1996 to 2001. These titles were selected for their literary merit and for their illumination of California history and culture. *''The Ford'' by
Mary Austin Mary Austin may refer to: * Mary Hunter Austin (1868–1934), American writer of fiction and non-fiction * Mary V. Austin (1900–1986), Australian community worker and political activist * Mary Brown Austin (1768–1824), mother of Texan pioneer S ...
*''Thieves' Market'' by
A.I. Bezzerides Albert Isaac "Buzz" Bezzerides ( August 9, 1908 – January 1, 2007) was an American novelist and screenwriter, best known for writing film noir, films noir and action film, motion pictures, especially several of Warners' "social conscience" film ...
*''Disobedience'' by Michael Drinkard *''Words of My Roaring'' by Ernest J. Finney *''Skin Deep'' by
Guy Garcia Guy or GUY may refer to: Personal names * Guy (given name) * Guy (surname) * That Guy (...), the New Zealand street performer Leigh Hart Places * Guy, Alberta, a Canadian hamlet * Guy, Arkansas, US, a city * Guy, Indiana, US, an unincorpo ...
*''Fat City'' by Leonard Gardiner *''Chez Chance'' by Jay Gummerman *''Continental Drift'' by James D. Houston *''The Vineyard'' by Idwal Jones *''In the Heart of the Valley of Love'' by Cynthia Kadohata *''
Always Coming Home ''Always Coming Home'' is a 1985 science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. It is in parts narrative, pseudo-textbook and pseudo-anthropologist's record. It describes the life and society of the Kesh people, a cultural group ...
'' by Ursula K. Le Guin *'' The Valley of the Moon'' by Jack London *''Home and Away'' by
Joanne Meschery Joanne Meschery (born 1941 in Gorman, Texas) is an American fiction writer. She is the author of three novels: ''In a High Place'' (1981), ''A Gentleman's Guide to the Frontier'' (1990), which was nominated for a Pen/Faulkner Award, and ''Home an ...
*''Bright Web in the Darkness'' by Alexander Saxton *''Golden Days'' by Carolyn See *'' Oil!'' by Upton Sinclair *''Understand This'' by Jervey Tervalon *''Ghost Woman'' by
Lawrence Thornton Lawrence Thornton (born 1937) is an American novelist and critic living in Claremont, California. His most well known novel, '' Imagining Argentina'', employs the methods of magic realism to tell a story of the Dirty War (1976-1983). This novel, ...
*''Who Is Angelina?'' by Al Young


References


Further reading

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External links

* * Frugé, August.
A Skeptic Among Scholars: August Frugé on University Publishing
'. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1993 1993.
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