Spring 2012 - University of California Press
Spring 2012 - University of California Press
Spring 2012 - University of California Press
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spring <strong>2012</strong><br />
From the Director<br />
Here at UC <strong>Press</strong> we are strongly focused on fostering<br />
discussion and debate by <strong>of</strong>fering readers the latest results<br />
<strong>of</strong> important scholarship undertaken around the world.<br />
This season we’re particularly excited to welcome back<br />
Marion Nestle. Her new book with Malden Nesheim—Why<br />
Calories Count: From Science to Politics—arms readers with<br />
critical knowledge to evaluate and understand common claims<br />
about diet and food.<br />
We’re also pleased to <strong>of</strong>fer a slimmer, more portable edition<br />
<strong>of</strong> our all-time bestselling book, Volume 1 <strong>of</strong> the Autobiography<br />
<strong>of</strong> Mark Twain. Other highlights include provocative titles such<br />
as David Healy’s Pharmageddon, a forceful argument against the<br />
pharmaceuticalization <strong>of</strong> medicine, and Sarah Schulman’s<br />
Gentrification <strong>of</strong> the Mind, which explores how AIDS changed<br />
New York’s creative landscape.<br />
On the following pages you’ll find diverse perspectives on<br />
the art, culture, and natural history <strong>of</strong> <strong>California</strong> and the West.<br />
New regional titles include studies <strong>of</strong> <strong>California</strong> artists Stephen<br />
De Staebler and David Park, the innovative People’s Guide to Los<br />
Angeles, and a thoroughly updated edition <strong>of</strong> The Jepson Manual,<br />
which has been a standard reference for teachers and students<br />
since 1925.<br />
This is just a small sampling <strong>of</strong> the titles we’re proud to<br />
bring you this spring. Be sure to visit www.ucpress.edu for<br />
author podcasts, sample chapters, blog updates, and many more<br />
great books.<br />
Contents<br />
General Interest<br />
Poetry<br />
<strong>California</strong> & the West<br />
Academic Trade<br />
Food & Culture<br />
Art<br />
Music<br />
Cinema<br />
History<br />
Classics<br />
Flashpoints<br />
Religion<br />
Anthropology<br />
Health<br />
Science<br />
Paperbacks<br />
Huntington Library <strong>Press</strong><br />
Ordering Information<br />
Author Index<br />
Title Index<br />
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Alison Mudditt<br />
Director