The story of Potosí, a virtual mountain of silver whose revelation made world news and became a secular icon after an Andean prospector named Diego Gualpa struck pay dirt high on its flanks in 1545.
Many people think of the great Silk Road as a mirage in the shifting sands of time; however, the ideas and goods that once moved across Eurasia directed the course of human history.
Revolutions in the Russian, Iranian, and Ottoman worlds in the early part of the twentieth century were connected through the circulation of not only revolutionaries and arms but also print and ideas.
We're celebrating the 134th annual meeting of the American Historical Association, which is being held from January 3-6, 2020, in New York City, with a special offer from our UC Press history journals. Read recent issues of UC Press history journals for free online for a limited time. Click on the l
If you’re headed to the 2020 meeting of the American Historical Association this week in New York, be sure to visit UC Press at booth #203 for a 40% discount on our new and notable History titles.