Books published by University of California Press

"Founded in the first century BCE near a set of natural springs in an otherwise dry northeastern corner of the Valley of Mexico, the ancient metropolis of Teotihuacan was on a symbolic level a city of elements. With a multiethnic population of perhaps one hundred thousand, at its peak in 400 CE, it was the cultural, political, economic, and religious center of ancient Mesoamerica. A devastating fire in the city center led to a rapid decline after the middle of the sixth century, but Teotihuacan was never completely abandoned or forgotten; the Aztecs revered the city and its monuments, giving many of them the names we still use today. Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire examines new discoveries from the three main pyramids at the site--the Sun Pyramid, the Moon Pyramid, and, at the center of the Ciudadela complex, the Feathered Serpent Pyramid--which have fundamentally changed our understanding of the city's history. With illustrations of the major objects from Mexico City's Museo Nacional de Antropologia and from the museums and storage facilities of the Zona de Monumentos Arqueologicos de Teotihuacan, along with selected works from US and European collections, the catalogue examines these cultural artifacts to understand the roles that offerings of objects and programs of monumental sculpture and murals throughout the city played in the lives of Teotihuacan's citizens. Published in association with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Exhibition dates: de Young, San Francisco, September 30, 2017-February 11, 2018; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), March-June 2018"--Provided by publisher.

They Leave Their Kidneys in the Fieldstakes the reader on an ethnographic tour of the melon and corn harvesting fields of California's Central Valley to understand why farmworkers suffer heatstroke and chronic illness at rates higher than workers in any other industry. Through captivating accounts of the daily lives of a core group of farmworkers over nearly a decade, Sarah Bronwen Horton documents in startling detail how a tightly interwovenweb of public policies and private interests creates exceptional and needless suffering.

"Drawing on a range of exciting economists like Kaldor, Kalecki, and Prebisch, this volume constitutes a refreshing alternative to Why Nations Fail and provides a rich policy and research agenda for Latin America. Economic development does not depend on property rights but on building effective states and managing aggregate demand over the long run."--Diego Sánchez-Ancochea, coauthor of The Quest for Universal Social Policy in the South: Actors, Ideas, and Architectures "Rooted in CEPAL's path-breaking structuralist theoretical and empirical interpretation of the retarding socioeconomic impacts of commodity-based export-led economies, this cutting-edge book constitutes a legitimate (and much-needed) challenge to the near-hegemony of entropic national economic strategies grounded in the decontextualized, pseudo-historical, 'new institutionalist' interpretations of Latin America's circuitous economic trajectory."--James M. Cypher, Professor of Economics, Doctoral Program in Development Studies, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, México

"Terry Kupers's sustained focus on psychiatry and social justice has helped us to understand the dangerous symbiotic relationship between the failures of the public mental health system and the growth of the prison industrial complex. In Solitary, Kupers exposes the devastating consequences of solitary confinement and offers a valuable analysis of the racism and criminalization of mental illness that undergird it. An exceptionally well-researched account and a compelling call to action."--Angela Y. Davis, Distinguished Professor Emerita, University of California, Santa Cruz "I had the good fortune to meet with Dr. Kupers shortly after my release from thirty-one years in prison, twenty-nine of them in solitary confinement at Louisiana State Prison in Angola. The depth of his understanding of the experience of solitary confinement and his compassion and wisdom were a welcome relief and comfort at this transitional time for me. This book accurately captures the moral depravity of this particular form of incarceration that has sadly burgeoned throughout the country in the last decades. Thanks to work like that of Dr. Kupers, it is possible that we may see an end to this brand of torture."--Robert Hillary King, member of the Angola Three "This is one of those practices that many of us are now saying, what were we possibly thinking? The author opens a door for the reader that had previously been closed twenty-three hours a day, seven days a week."--Rick Raemisch, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections "Terry Kupers is a genuine hero in the fight to bring an end to the torture of solitary confinement. His work has given him a nearly unparalleled understanding of how solitary confinement operates on the ground and how it destroys the minds and wrecks the lives of those condemned to live in concrete boxes for years or even decades. His book is an impassioned, informed, down-to-earth, and highly readable account of all he has learned over the years, full of the real stories of people in solitary, insights of other experts, and concrete ideas for how prison officials, advocates, and mental health professionals can work together to end this human rights crisis in our midst."--James Ridgeway, investigative journalist, director of Solitary Watch, and coeditor of Hell Is a Very Small Place: Voices from Solitary Confinement "Dr. Kupers gives us a front row seat to America's tragic experiment in mass incarceration and one of its most devastating, cruel, and painful practices: solitary confinement. Kupers's unflinching insight into the hidden world of prisons exposes America at its darkest, but at the same time offers concrete solutions and hope for a safer, more effective, and humane criminal justice system."--Amy Fettig, Deputy Director, American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project "Terry Kupers's wisdom, humanism, and generosity have helped advocates and litigators across the United States--not to mention countless prisoners--seeking to curb solitary confinement. His commitment to the well-being and dignity of every person behind bars has shaped his work and immeasurably enriched the prison reform movement. We are all in his debt."--Jamie Fellner, former Director, US Program, Human Rights Watch "The most prominent psychiatric expert witness in prison solitary confinement litigation is now the most important author in the field. The analysis is powerful and fits within a dramatic narrative of actual cases: inmates broken by the terrifying isolation that is solitary confinement."--Fred Cohen, Professor Emeritus, University at Albany, State University of New York, and Executive Editor, Correctional Law Reporter

This is the first sourcebook to trace the emergence and evolution of art markets in the Western economy, framing them within the larger narrative of the ascendancy of capitalist markets. Selected writings from across academic disciplines present compelling evidence of art's inherent commercial dimension and show how artists, dealers, and collectors have interacted over time, from the city-states of Quattrocento Italy to the high-stakes markets of postmillennial New York and Beijing. This approach casts a startling new light on the traditional concerns of art history and aesthetics, revealing much that is provocative, profound, and occasionally even comic. This volume's unique historical perspective makes it appropriate for use in college courses and postgraduate and professional programs, as well as for professionals working in art-related environments such as museums, galleries, and auction houses.

Dance was a fundamental part of the art world in the 1960s, the most volatile decade in American art, offering a radical image of bodily presence in a moment of revolutionary change. Halprin, Forti, and Rainer - all with Jewish roots - found themselves at the epicenter of this upheaval. This book tells their stories.

Medardo Rosso (1858-1928) is one of the most original and influential figures in the history of modern art. This book offers an historically substantiated critical account of his life and work. It negotiates the competing cultural imperatives of nationalism and internationalism that shaped the European art world at the fin de siecle.

"David Bacon renews and updates the progressive documentary tradition with these extraordinary, carefully chosen portraits of farmworkers, their families and communities...A copy should be distributed to every member of the Legislature." --Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz and Magical Urbanism "David Bacon allows us to be there. Inside the temporary 'homes' created in cabins standing in the middle of nowhere. Homes that often become permanent by filling them with the workers' hope." -- Ana Luisa Anza, Editor, Cuartoscuro "Bacon shows that workers are not just victims; they are purposeful, motivated to confront the injustices they face, and often successful in doing so. Their life histories, stories, and accounts make them far more than images on a page." --Douglas Harper, President, International Visual Sociology Association. "Bacon captures the humanity of workers who work each day in demanding physical labor, in the hot sun, and for poverty wages. This is one of the few publications that captures the authentic stories of California farm workers, through their own voices and with the images of their living and working conditions." --Kent Wong, Director, UCLA Labor Center "The political climate in America today makes the contribution of this work of great importance to academic scholarship and society at large. David Bacon's photographs give voice to the invisible people that are essential to the fabric of society. He not only shows their struggles and importance to the nation but also gives a face to their humanity." --Geir Jordahl, Director, PhotoCentral, Hayward CA

Presents the work and research of the Rivers of the Anthropocene Network, an international collaborative group of scientists, social scientists, humanists, artists, policy makers, and community organizers working to produce innovative transdisciplinary research on global freshwater systems.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has had a long and tortuous relationship with religion over almost the entirety of its existence. As early as 1917, the Bureau began to target religious communities and groups it believed were hotbeds of anti-American politics. This book recounts this history, focusing on key moments in the Bureau's history.

Starting from the beginnings of the FBI before World War I, moving through the Civil Rights Movement and the Cold War, up to 9/11, this book tackles questions essential to understanding not only the history of law enforcement and religion, but also the future of religious liberty in America.

A volume of essays selected to enrich world history teaching and scholarship. It features forty-four articles that take stock of the history, evolving literature, and the trajectories of new world history. It is organized in ten chapters that survey the history of the movement, and the seminal ideas of founding thinkers and today's practitioners.

Flame and Fortune in the American West creatively and meticulously investigates the ongoing politics, folly, and avarice shaping the production of increasingly widespread yet dangerous suburban and exurban landscapes. The 1991 Oakland Hills Tunnel Fire is used as a starting point to better understand these complex social-environmental processes. The Tunnel Fire isthe most destructive firein terms of structures lostinCalifornia history. More than 3,000 residential structures burned and 25 lives were lost. Although this fire occurred in Oakland and Berkeley, others like it sear through landscapes in California and the American West that have experienced urban growth and development within areas historically prone to fire. Simon skillfully blends techniques from environmental history, political ecology, and science studies to closely examine the Tunnel Fire within a broader historical and spatial context of regional economic development and natural-resource management, such as the widespread planting of eucalyptus trees as an exotic lure for homeowners and the creation of hillside neighborhoods for tax revenuedecisions that produced communities with increased vulnerability to fire. Simon demonstrates how in Oaklanda drive for affluence led to a state of vulnerability for rich and poor alike that has only been exacerbated by the rebuilding of neighborhoods after the fire. Despite these troubling trends, Flame and Fortune in the American West illustrates how many popular and scientific debates on fire limit the scope and efficacy of policy responses. These risky yet profitable developments (what the author refers to as theIncendiary), as well as proposed strategies for challenging them, are discussed in the context of urbanizing areas around the American West and hold global applicability within hazard-prone areas.

Cannabis has long been prized for the strong and durable fiber in its stalks, its edible and oil-rich seeds, and the psychoactive and medicinal compounds produced by its female flowers. This book presents an exploration of the natural origins and early evolution of cannabis, highlighting its historic role in the development of human societies.

Aims to introduce a new generation of students to a wide-ranging set of essays that helps them gain a truer understanding of what it's like to be a Latino in the United States. This book delves into issues of class formation; social stratification; racial, gender, and sexual identities; and politics and cultural production.

Provides a practical step-by-step guide to successfully planning, implementing, and evaluating the re-establishment of animal populations in former habitats or their introduction in new environments. This book covers a broad range of taxonomic groups, ecosystems, and global regions.