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January 13, 2023 (October 12, 2022)

Q&A with Robert W. Cherny, author of HARRY BRIDGES

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Robert W. Cherny, author of Harry Bridges: Labor Radical, Labor Legend, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his new book. Q: Why did you decide […]

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November 16, 2022 (November 15, 2022)

University Press Week: What Author is #NextUP on Your List?

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As University Press Week enters its second decade of celebrating excellence in university press publishing, Next UP has been chosen as the theme for this year’s event. The theme highlights the dedicated […]

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November 9, 2021 (November 9, 2021)

Q&A With Rachel E. Black, Author of Cheffes de Cuisine

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Rachel E. Black, author of Cheffes de Cuisine: Women and Work in the Professional French Kitchen, answers questions on her culinary influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her book. Q: […]

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February 25, 2021 (February 22, 2021)

Q&A with Dana M. Caldemeyer, Author of Union Renegades

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Dana M. Caldemeyer, author of Union Renegades: Miners, Capitalism, and Organizing in the Gilded Age answers questions about her influences, discoveries, and common misconceptions while writing her book. Q: Why […]

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September 28, 2020 (August 10, 2020)

Q&A with Donald W. Rogers, Author of Workers against the City: The Fight for Free Speech in Hague v. CIO

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Donald W. Rogers, author of Workers against the City, answers questions about the labor movement, American history, free speech, CIO v. Hague, and civil liberties. Q: Why did you decide […]

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March 9, 2017 (March 7, 2017)

Backlist Bop: Women’s work is never done

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Although the most visible banners of feminism were carried by educated, white-collar, professional women, in fact, working-class women were a powerful force in the campaign for gender equality. “Rights, Not […]

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March 8, 2017 (March 7, 2017)

Purple ribbons and red clothes for International Women’s Day

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It is International Women’s Day, comrade! By universal proclamation we honor women and dedicate ourselves to helping them overcome the many obstacles they still face in this man’s world. Indeed, some […]

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February 7, 2017 (January 12, 2017)

Release Party: Networking China, by Yu Hong

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In recent years, China’s leaders have taken decisive action to transform information, communications, and technology (ICT) into the nation’s next pillar industry. In Networking China, Yu Hong offers an overdue […]

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January 27, 2017 (January 27, 2017)

Books win awards!

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Two more authors added their excellent works to the UIP trophy case, a piece of furniture already fill to burstin’ in recent weeks. Christina Sunardi won the Philip Brett Award from the […]

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December 2, 2016 (November 30, 2016)

Our lives and all lives under the silicon heel

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Excerpted from the new UIP book Goodbye iSlave, by Jack Linchuan Qiu. Hans Rollman at PopMatters reviewed the book here. Welcome to a brave New World of profit making, propelled by high […]

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November 11, 2016 (November 8, 2016)

Release Party: Civic Labors, edited by Dennis Deslippe, Eric Fure-Slocum, and John W. McKerley

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Civic Labors . . . is intended to prompt further discussion about engaged scholarship and teaching. The essays will help readers to think further about the theory and practices of […]

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November 7, 2016 (November 2, 2016)

Release Party: Goodbye iSlave

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How do we lift the silicon heel from the lives of the exploited workers who make our gadgets? Jack Linchuan Qiu‘s insightful and enraging new book Goodbye iSlave delves into one of the […]

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