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associated with the

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that engages in

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. It was founded in 1893 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

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. It is also the digital publisher of Collabra and Luminos

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(OA) initiatives. The press has its administrative office in downtown

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, an editorial branch office in

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, and a sales office in

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, 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. 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. University of California Press joined The

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trade organization in the Hachette v. Internet Archive lawsuit which resulted in the removal of access to over 500,000 books from global readers.

Notable books

*'' Language as Symbolic Action'',

Kenneth Burke Kenneth Duva Burke (May 5, 1897 – November 19, 1993) was an American literary theorist, as well as poet, essayist, and novelist, who wrote on 20th-century philosophy, aesthetics, criticism, and rhetorical theory. As a literary theorist, 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 Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Fau ...

(definitive edition) (1969, based on work first published in 1916) *'' Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution'' (1969) *''

The Making of a Counter Culture ''The Making of a Counter Culture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition'' is a work of non-fiction by Theodore Roszak originally published by Doubleday & Co. in 1969. Roszak "first came to public prominence in ...

,'' Theodore Roszak (1970) *'' Self-Consuming Artifacts: The Experience of Seventeenth-Century Literature'',

Stanley Fish Stanley Eugene Fish (born April 19, 1938) is an American literary theorist, legal scholar, author and public intellectual. He is the Floersheimer Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of La ...

(1972) *'' The Ancient Economy'', Moses I. Finley (1973) *'' Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism'',

Marina Warner Dame Marina Sarah Warner (born 9 November 1946) is an English historian, mythographer, art critic, novelist and short story writer. She is known for her many non-fiction books relating to feminism and myth. She has written for many publication ...

(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 A religious experience (sometimes known as a spiritual experience, sacred experience, mystical experience) is a subjectivity, subjective experience which is interpreted within a religious framework. The concept originated in the 19th century, a ...

'', Wayne Proudfoot (1985) *'' The War Within: America's Battle over Vietnam'', Tom Wells (1994) *'' George Grosz: An Autobiography'',

George Grosz George Grosz (; ; born Georg Ehrenfried Groß; July 26, 1893 – July 6, 1959) was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Obj ...

(translated by Nora Hodges) (published 1998, written in 1946, translated in 1955) *'' Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy'', Kevin Bales (1999) *'' Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn'', Karen McCarthy Brown (2001) *'' A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America'',

Michael Barkun __NOTOC__ Michael Barkun (born April 8, 1938) is an American academic who serves as Professor Emeritus of political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, specializing in political and religious ex ...

(2003) *'' Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History'', Norman G. Finkelstein (2005) *'' Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume One'',

(2010) *'' Revival from Below'', Brannon D. Ingram (2018) *'' Perfecting Women'', Barbara D. Metcalf (1992)

Open access (OA) programs at UC Press

; Collabra Collabra 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. ; Luminos Luminos 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.

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. *''The Ford'' by Mary Austin *''Thieves' Market'' by A.I. Bezzerides *''Disobedience'' by Michael Drinkard *''Words of My Roaring'' by Ernest J. Finney *''Skin Deep'' by Guy Garcia *''Fat City'' by Leonard Gardiner *''Chez Chance'' by Jay Gummerman *''Continental Drift'' by James D. Houston *''The Vineyard'' by Idwal Jones *''In the Heart of the Valley of Love'' by Cynthia Kadohata *'' Always Coming Home'' by

Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula Kroeber Le Guin ( ; Kroeber; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the ''Earthsea'' fantas ...

*'' The Valley of the Moon'' by

Jack London John Griffith London (; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors t ...

*''Home and Away'' by Joanne Meschery *''Bright Web in the Darkness'' by Alexander Saxton *''Golden Days'' by

Carolyn See Carolyn See (née Laws; January 13, 1934 – July 13, 2016) was a professor emerita of English at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of ten books, including the memoir, ''Dreaming: Hard Luck and Good Times in America'', ...

*''

Oil! ''Oil!'' is a novel by Upton Sinclair, first published in 1926–27 and told as a third-person narrative, with only the opening pages written in the first person. The book was written in the context of the Warren Harding, Harding administration ...

'' by

Upton Sinclair Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American author, muckraker journalist, and political activist, and the 1934 California gubernatorial election, 1934 Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party ...

*''Understand This'' by Jervey Tervalon *''Ghost Woman'' by Lawrence Thornton *''Who Is Angelina?'' by Al Young

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* * Frugé, August.
A Skeptic Among Scholars: August Frugé on University Publishing
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, ''The New York Times'', Nov. 19, 2010 {{Authority control 1893 establishments in California Book publishing companies based in California Publishing companies based in Berkeley, California Publishing companies established in 1893 Press

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Notable books

Open access (OA) programs at UC Press

Notable series

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