University Of California Press: 1479 books
Reflections on the University of California
From the Free Speech Movement to the Global University
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2010
These invaluable essays offer an insider’s perspective on three decades at a major American university during a time of political turmoil. Neil J. Smelser, who spent thirty-six years as a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, sheds new light on a full range of the issues...
A Skeptic Among Scholars
August Frugé on University Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 1993
When August Frugé joined the University of California Press in 1944, it was part of the University's printing department, publishing a modest number of books a year, mainly monographs by UC faculty members. When he retired as director 32 years later, the Press had been transformed into one of the...
Entrepreneurial President
Richard Atkinson and the University of California, 1995–2003
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Richard C. Atkinson was named president of the University of California in August 1995, barely four weeks after the UC Regents voted to end affirmative action. How he dealt with the admissions wars—the political, legal, and academic consequences of that historic and controversial decision, as well...
The Digital Jepson Manual
Vascular Plants of California
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
The second edition of The Jepson Manual thoroughly updates this acclaimed work, the single most comprehensive resource on California's amazingly diverse flora. This work integrates the latest science, the results of intensive fieldwork, institutional collaboration, and the efforts of hundreds of contributing...
by Greg de Nevers, Deborah Stanger Edelman, Adina Merenlender
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
The California Naturalist Handbook provides a fun, science-based introduction to California’s natural history with an emphasis on observation, discovery, communication, stewardship and conservation. It is a hands-on guide to learning about the natural environment of California. Subjects covered...
The Immigrant and the University
Peder Sather and Gold Rush California
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Peder Sather was a scribe before he emigrated from Norway to New York in 1832. There, he worked as a servant and a clerk at a lottery office before opening an exchange brokerage. During the gold rush, he moved to San Francisco to help establish the banking house of Drexel, Sather & Church on Montgomery...
1500 California Place Names
Their Origin and Meaning, A Revised version of 1000 California Place Names by Erwin G. Gudde, Third edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 1998
This is the new "pocket" version of the classic California Place Names, first published by California in 1949. Erwin G. Gudde's monumental work, which went through several editions during its author's lifetime, has now been released in an expanded and updated edition by William Bright. The...
California Crackup
How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
Is California beyond repair? A sizable number of Golden State citizens have concluded that it is. Incessant budget crises plus a government paralyzed by partisan gridlock have led to demands for reform, even a constitutional convention. But what, exactly, is wrong and how can we fix it? In California...
by John D. Stuart, John O. Sawyer
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2001
California's varied landscape is characterized by a spectacular abundance of plant life, including a magnificent variety of trees and shrubs. This is the first book to combine the trees and shrubs of California in one accessible field guide. Trees and Shrubs of California identifies and describes...
Natural State
A Literary Anthology of California Nature Writing
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 1998
This is the first anthology of nature writing that celebrates California, the most geographically diverse state in the union. Readers—be they naturalists or armchair explorers—will find themselves transported to California's many wild places in the company of forty noted writers whose works span...
Inside the California Food Revolution
Thirty Years That Changed Our Culinary Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
In this authoritative and immensely readable insider’s account, celebrated cookbook author and former chef Joyce Goldstein traces the development of California cuisine from its formative years in the 1970s to 2000, when farm-to-table, foraging, and fusion cooking had become part of the national...
by California Coastal Commission
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
From the majestic redwoods and rocky shores in the north to the palm trees and wide, sandy beaches in the south, the California coast is an area of unsurpassed beauty and diversity. This thoroughly revised and expanded 7th edition of the California Coastal Access Guide is an essential travel handbook...
Phylogeography of California
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Phylogeography of California examines the evolution of a variety of taxa—ancient and recent, native and migratory—to elucidate evolutionary events both major and minor that shaped the distribution, radiation, and speciation of the biota of California. The book also interprets evolutionary history...
by Charles E. Olken, Joseph Furstenthal
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2010
For this powerful successor to his best-selling guide to California wine, Charles E. Olken has joined forces with Joseph Furstenthal to craft The New Connoisseurs’ Guidebook to California Wine and Wineries. An encyclopedia, atlas, and buying guide combined in one comprehensive, authoritative work,...