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As workers attempt new modes of employment in the era of the Great Resignation, they face a labor landscape that is increasingly uncertain and stubbornly unequal. With Handcrafted Careers, sociologist Eli Revelle Yano Wilson dives headfirst into the everyday lives of workers in the craft beer indust

By Xaq Frohlich, author of From Label to Table: Regulating Food in America in the Information AgeThis post was originally published on The Conversation.The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on nearly every packaged food product in the U.S. since 1994, has rece

Why has Silicon Valley become the model for addressing today's myriad social and ecological crises? With this book, Julie Guthman digs into the impoverished solutions for food and agriculture currently emerging from Silicon Valley, urging us to stop trying to fix our broken food system through finit

In Seeding Empire, Aaron Eddens rewrites an enduring story about the past—and future—of global agriculture. Eddens connects today's efforts to cultivate a "Green Revolution in Africa" to a history of American projects that introduced capitalist agriculture across the Global South. Expansive in scope

Xaq Frohlich, author of FROM LABEL TO TABLE, explores what it means to label food "healthy".

Wurgaft and White—son and mother—make delightful company as they guide us through everything from the birth of agriculture to the lamination in a croissant in modern-day Tokyo.From the origins of agriculture to contemporary debates over culinary authenticity, Ways of Eating introduces readers to

Christopher Bosso, author of "Why SNAP Works: A Political History—and Defense—of the Food Stamp Program" on why the Food Stamp Program matters

UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are several of our August 2023 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news!Darra Goldstein2023 Award, Literary or Historical Food writing, FinalistInternati

UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are several of our March 2023 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news! Moon-Ho Jung 2023 David Montgomery Award Winner Organization of American Histori

UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are several of our February 2023 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news!Kaveh Askari 2023 Katherine Singer Kovàcs Book AwardSociety for Cinema and Medi