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New from “Pacific Historical Review”: Editor’s Essay, Nuclear Nature, Chinese Exclusion, and the JACL
Oct 28 2025
Preview the new Fall 2025 issue of "PHR," including Marc Rodriguez's editorial reflecting on his last ten years at the helm of the journal.
“Problem” Groups and the Home in Western Reconstruction: A Q&A with Nicole Martin, winner of the WHA’s 2025 Ray Allen Billington Prize
Oct 14 2025
WHA award-winner Nicole Martin discusses the history behind who has had the right to possess homes and, by extension, American citizenship.
“Labor Freezing” and the Quiet Skills Behind the West’s Sheep Industry: A Q&A with Iker Saitua
Sep 15 2025
Who counts as a "skilled" worker for immigration purposes, and who doesn't and why?
New from "Pacific Historical Review": Oil Drilling in Santa Barbara County, China’s Economy and the Cold War, the Construction of Japanese Politics and Identity
Aug 08 2025
Preview the new Summer 2025 issue of "Pacific Historical Review."
"California History" Announces the 2024 Winner of the Richard J. Orsi Prize
Aug 06 2025
Congratulations to Erica Toffoli whose article “Electric Eyes: Surveillance, Sovereignty, and the Limits of the Border Patrol’s Technocratic Vision on the U.S.-Mexico Line” has won this year's Orsi Prize, which recognizes the best research essay published in the journal "California History" each year.
New from "Pacific Historical Review": Jade Snow Wong, Women’s Self Defense, Patricia Derian’s Humanitarian Legacy
Apr 28 2025
A preview of the Spring 2025 issue of "Pacific Historical Review," which takes readers to World War II, the Cold War, and beyond.
The Intersection of Therapeutic and Spiritual Practices
Mar 30 2025
"Golden States" author Eileen Luhr writes about her new book and how it ties into the current climate.
Environmental Justice in San Francisco
Mar 20 2025
Lindsey Dillon, author of "Toxic City," writes about environmental activism in the Bay Area
One Hundred Years of Border Control
Nov 01 2024
A special issue of California History commemorates the centennial of the Border Patrol and the Immigration Act of 1924, and offers important historical perspective on our current political moment.
Ten Intriguing Facts about Fearless Writer Sanora Babb
Oct 17 2024
Iris Jamahl Dunkle, author of "Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb," shares 10 intriguing facts about intrepid writer Sanora Babb — peerless author of midcentury American literature who was silenced by John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath."