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COURT RULES HINDU NOT A 'WHITE PERSON'; Bars High Caste Native of India From Naturalization as an American Citizen.

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By Yu Tokunaga, author of Transborder Los Angeles: An Unknown Transpacific History of Japanese-Mexican Relations“Lo voy a comprar 👏 Felicidades!!!” I recently received this comment from my Costa Rican friend after posting on Facebook about my new book, Transborder Los Angeles: An Unknown Transpa

As one of the world's most forward-thinking publishers, UC Press gives voice, reach, and impact to innovative research and exceptional scholarship.

Although the 2021 American Studies Association meeting is now virtual, it was originally set to take place in Puerto Rico with the theme “Creativity within Revolt.” According to ASA, “revolt expresses a will toward collective being that radically challenges, displaces, and potentially abolishes life

As part of our ongoing Editor Spotlight Series, we connected with UC Press Executive Editor Niels Hooper to talk about his History, American Studies, and Middle East Studies lists, and how our program has developed over the time he's worked at the Press. Niels also shares his journey from Oxford to

"For the upcoming issue we have several timely reflections; on the dangers of conflating Arab and Muslim peoples, on the capitol insurrection, and on Martin Luther King’s legacy in the context of Black Lives Matter"

Barbara Jean Wong leads the Mei Wah Drum Corps. Photo By Harry Quillen. Peter SooHoo Sr. Collection, Chinatown Remembered Project, Chinese Historical Society of Southern California.William Gow was awarded the Western History Association's 2019 Vicki L. Ruiz Award, which recognizes the best a