University of California Press explained
The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. It was founded in 1893[2] to publish scholarly and scientific works by faculty of the University of California, established 25 years earlier in 1868.
As the publishing arm of the University of California system. The press publishes over 250 new books and almost four dozen multi-issue journals annually, in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, and maintains approximately 4,000 book titles in print.[3] It is also the digital publisher of Collabra and Luminos open access (OA) initiatives.
The press has its administrative office in downtown Oakland, California, an editorial branch office in Los Angeles, and a sales office in New York, and distributes through marketing offices in Great Britain, Asia, Australia, and Latin America. A Board consisting of senior officers of the University of California, holds responsibility for the operations of the press, and authorizes and approves all manuscripts for publication. The Editorial Committee consists of distinguished faculty members representing the university's nine campuses.[4]
The press commissioned as its corporate typeface University of California Old Style from type designer Frederic Goudy from 1936 to 1938, although it no longer always uses the design.[5] [6] [7] [8]
Notable books
- Language As Symbolic Action, Kenneth Burke (1966)
- The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, Carlos Castaneda (1968)
- Technicians of the Sacred: A Range of Poetries from Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania, Jerome Rothenberg (1968; 50th anniversary edition 2017)
- The Mysterious Stranger, Mark Twain (definitive edition) (1969, based on work first published in 1916)
- (1969)
- The Making of a Counter Culture, Theodore Roszak (1970)
- Self-Consuming Artifacts: The Experience of Seventeenth-Century Literature, Stanley Fish (1972)
- The Ancient Economy, Moses I. Finley (1973)
- , Marina Warner (1981)
- Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education, Nel Noddings (1984, 2nd edition 2003)
- Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age, Benjamin R. Barber (1984)
- Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, Thomas Albright (1985)
- Religious Experience, Wayne Proudfoot (1985)
- , Tom Wells (1994)
- George Grosz: An Autobiography, George Grosz (translated by Nora Hodges) (published 1998, written in 1946, translated in 1955)
- , Kevin Bales (1999)
- Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn, Karen McCarthy Brown (2001)
- , Michael Barkun (2003)
- Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History, Norman G. Finkelstein (2005)
- Autobiography of Mark Twain
Volume One, Mark Twain (2010)
Open access (OA) programs at UC Press
- CollabraCollabra is University of California Press's open access journal program. The Collabra program currently publishes two open access journals, Collabra: Psychology and Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, with plans for continued expansion and journal acquisition.[9]
- LuminosLuminos is University of California Press's open access response to the challenged monograph landscape. With the same high standards for selection, peer review, production, and marketing as its traditional book publishing program, Luminos is a transformative model, built as a partnership where costs and benefits are shared.[10]
Notable series
The University of California Press re-printed a number of novels under the California Fiction series from 1996 to 2001. These titles were selected for their literary merit and for their illumination of California history and culture.[11] [12]
See also
Further reading
- Hitchcock . Joanna . Review of The University of California Press: The Early Years, 1893-1953 . Libraries & Culture . 30 . 1 . 124–126 . 1995 . 0894-8631 . 25542734 . mdy-all .
- Muto . Albert . A Voice from the Wilderness: The Early University of California Press . California History . 72 . 3 . 222–233 . 1993 . 10.2307/25177358 . 0162-2897 . 25177358 . mdy-all .
- Pascal . Naomi B. . Review of The University of California Press: The Early Years, 1893-1953 . The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy . 64 . 4 . 486–487 . 1994 . 10.1086/602743 . 0024-2519 . 4308988 . mdy-all .
- Withey . Lynne . Orsi . Richard . Milestones of California History: The University of California Press: A Century of Publishing . California History . 72 . 3 . 1993 . 10.2307/25177357 . 0162-2897 . 25177357 . mdy-all .
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Booksellers – University of California Press . 2018-02-06 .
- Book: Camhi, Jeff . A Dam in the River: Releasing the Flow of University Ideas . 31 August 2013 . 15 April 2013 . Algora Publishing . 978-0-87586-989-6 . 149– .
- Web site: University of California Press . University of California Press.
- Web site: University of California Press | UCOP . www.ucop.edu.
- Book: Goudy, Frederic . Frederic Goudy. A Half-Century of Type Design and Typography: 1895-1945, Volume 1 . 1946 . The Typophiles . New York . 216–219 . 26 February 2016.
- Web site: Carter . Matthew . Goudy, the good ol' boy (Bruckner biography review) . Eye Magazine . 5 February 2016.
- Web site: Shaw . Paul . An appreciation of Frederic W. Goudy as a type designer . 12 July 2015.
- News: Updike . John . John Updike . A Bull in the Typography Shop: a review of Frederic Goudy by D.J.R. Bruckner . . 16 December 1990 . 5 February 2016.
- Web site: Collabra: Psychology. www.collabra.org.
- Web site: University of California Press. www.luminosoa.org.
- Book: See . Carolyn . Golden Days . 1996 . University of California Press . Berkeley . 0520206738.
- Web site: California Fiction . University of California Press . 14 October 2015.
