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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.

Many of us are now familiar with Dr. Bronner’s. Yet behind this now popular brand lays a larger story of California as an important site for reconceptualizing communities of belief and belonging.

Every year the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) awards the Antonia I. Castañeda Prize to recognize historical scholarship that examines the intersections of class, race, gender, and sexuality, as it relates to Chicana/Latina and/or Native/Indigenous women. This year, hist

California History is pleased to announce the winner of the Richard J. Orsi prize for the best article published in the journal in 2022. The committee unanimously selected Warren C. Wood's “S. An-Sky’s The Dybbuk and the Process of Jewish American Identity in 1920s San Francisco” (California Histor

Nine young men and women sitting in a field, Tulare County, 1912 [229]. Roberts Family Papers, African American Museum & Library at Oakland.California History recently published its second special issue on the history of African Americans in California. This issue arrived in a moment of prof

Songs of Gold Mountain by Marlon K. Hom explores the experience of Chinese people in America and the literary history of San Francisco's Chinatown. With over 200 poems from the Songs of Gold Mountain anthologies published in 1911 and 1915, these rhymes provide insight into life in San Francisco. Hom

In conjunction with the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, we are pleased to make select content from our history journals free to read online.California HistoryThis year, California History is celebrating 100 years of publication. Originally launched by the C

California History is pleased to announce that Amanda Marie Martinez’s “Suburban Cowboy: Country Music, Punk, and the Struggle over Space in Orange County, 1978–1981” (California History, vol. 98, no. 1, 83-97) has won the journal's Richard J. Orsi prize, for the best article published in California

As we convene virtually for this year's conference of the American Studies Association, we invite you to read the current issues of the following journals for free from the comfort of your own home. Click on the journal covers below to access the free issues.

UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are some of our recent award winners from September 2021. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news!Damon B. Akins and William J. Bauer Jr.15th Annual Hehdey