Social and cultural history Books
University of Washington Press The Power of Promises
Book SynopsisDiscusses the legacies of the treaties with Native American groups in the Pacific Northwest and their relevance as they define our relationship to one another and to the land and its resources.Trade Review"The Power of Promises provides the reader with a complex and international understanding of treaties in the Pacific Northwest. . . . Any scholar or student of Native American history would benefit from reading and wrestling with the ideas and interpretations in this volume." -- Robert McCoy * Journal of American Ethnic History *"This volume will appeal to people interested in legal studies and Native American history and will challenge readers to rethink what they know about the region's history." -- Patricia Ann Owens * Columbia *"The Power of Promises presents the Pacific Northwest as a microcosm bringing the multiple complications of indigenous and international treaties into sharp focus. . . . [T]his collection of essays offers several surprises that make this an important touchstone for consideration of indigenous legal relationships around the Pacific Rim and beyond." * Journal of World History *"This multidisciplinary, transnational volume is a welcome addition to treaty literature in Canada and the United States…. Together these essays provide a comprehensive, thought-provoking overview of treaties in the Pacific Northwest along with fresh perspectives on their significance for indigenous-settler relations today." * BC Studies *"The Power of Promises contextualizes and breathes new understandings into the processes, perspectives, intentionalities and implications of treaty making between the Aboriginal inhabitants of the Pacific Northwest and European settlers as they negotiated their respective spaces." * BC History *"While the essays do a marvelous job defining power relations between tribal groups and western governments, the work is also exemplary in exploring power relations among tribes. This text should serve as a model for those who would produce books deriving from conference papers. It provides valuable comparative insights, for beginners and experts, into treaty and resource issues and histories across national, tribal (and disciplinary) borders in the Pacific Northwest." * Oregon Historical Quarterly *"Alexandra Harmon has pulled 11 important essays together into a useful volume to be used in Native studies, political science, and American and Canadian First Nations history. This is an important book for treaty history, policy history, and transborder studies." * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *Table of ContentsForeword / John Borrows Introduction: Pacific Northwest Indian Treaties in National and International Historical Perspective / Alexandra Harmon I. Colonial Conceits Negotiated Sovereignty: Indian Treaties and the Acquisition of American and Canadian Territorial Rights in the Pacific Northwest / Kent McNeil Unmaking Native Space: A Genealogy of Indian Policy, Settler Practice, and the Microtechniques of Dispossession / Paige Raibmon II. Cross-Border Influences "Trespassers on the Soil": United States v. Tom and a New Perspective on the Short History of Treaty Making in Nineteenth-Century British Columbia / Hamar Foster and Alan Grove The Boldt Decision in Canada: Aboriginal Treaty Rights to Fish on the Pacific / Douglas C. Harris III. Indigenous Interpretations and Responses Performing Treaties: The Culture and Politics of Treaty Remembrance and Celebration / Chris Friday Reserved for Whom? Defending and Defining Treaty Rights on the Columbia River, 1880-1920 / Andrew H. Fisher Ethnogenesis and Ethnonationalism from Competing Treaty Claims / Russel Lawrence Barsh The Stevens Treaties, Indian Claims Commission Docket 264, and the Ancient One known as Kennewick Man / Bruce Rigsby IV. Power Relations in Contemporary Forums "History Wars" and Treaty Rights in Canada: A Canadian Case Study / Arthur J. Ray History, Democracy, and Treaty Negotiations in British Columbia / Ravi de Costa Treaty Substitutes in the Modern Era / Robert T. Anderson Contributors Index
£33.98
University of Washington Press Haa Leelkw Has Aani Saaxu Our Grandparents Names
Book SynopsisPresents the results of a collaborative project with Native communities of Southeast Alaska to record indigenous geographic names. Documenting and analyzing more than 3,000 Tlingit, Haida, and other Native names on the land, this book highlights their descriptive force and cultural significance.Trade Review". . . a remarkable contribution to a growing scholarship on the importance of place in Native American communities . . . and should serve as a model for future research concerning the preservation of indigenous place names." -- Shawn Bailey * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *". . . a landmark book documenting more than 3,000 Native place names and their locations in Southeast Alaska. . . . the most comprehensive study of its kind." * SitNews *"A rich geographical and cultural reference, all the more fascinating for its ability to reintroduce us to the place we live." -- Amy Fletcher * Juneau Empire *Table of ContentsA Note to the Reader / Harold P. Martin Foreword: People of the Land / Rosita Worl Introduction, by Thomas F. Thornton 1. Yaakwdaat Kwaan, Galyax Kwaan, and Gunnaaxoo Kwaan 2. Xunaa Kaawu 3. Jilkaat Kwaan and Jilkoot Kwaan 4. Aak’w Kwaan and T’aaku Kwaan 5. Sheet’ka Kwaan 6. Xutsnoowu Kwaan 7. Keex’ Kwaan, Kooyu Kwaan, and S’awdaan Kwaan 8. Shtax’heen Kwaan 9. Hinyaa Kwaan 10. Taant’a Kwaan and Sanyaa Kwaan 11. K’aykaani References
£41.78
University of Washington Press Sabadeb The Gifts
Book SynopsisCaptures the essence of Coast Salish culture through its artistry, oral traditions, and history. Developed in conjunction with the first extensive exhibition of the art and culture of the Coast Salish peoples of Washington State and British Columbia, this book traces the development of Salish art from prehistory onwards.Trade Review"The illustrations in this book are splendid, and extensively interpreted. It is a pleasure to turn each page and discover archaeological, early contact, 19th and 20th century works, contemporary baskets, textiles, paintings, carvings, and prints by the ever-growing number of Salish artists who work in their traditions, as well as innovative creations by artists such as Lawrence Paul Yuxwelupton and Marvin Oliver. Far more important is my overall judgment that this stunning and substantial catalogue will educate a great number of people who have not yet recognized the impressive quality of Coast Salish art. Brotherton, the Seattle Art Museum, and the group of individuals who together assembled the exhibit and wrote essays for the catalogue have done a great service to Native American art history and ethnology by presenting an exceptional Northwest Coast tradition." * Museum Anthropology Review *"We might keep in mind that scholars, until very recently, relegated Coast Salish art to the bottom of the totem, hardly worth footnoting, they claimed. Thanks to S'abadeb, the tide has turned, and Coast Salish art and artists are being recognized for generating art that can stand the test of time and public and scholarly scrutiny." * American Book Review *"An extraordinary book. . . . [the contributors] have quite simply taken back their own history. . . . Now, with generosity, hospitality and honesty, these artists, scholars and community leaders are inviting us to share their cultural offerings, old and new." * Seattle Times *Table of ContentsForeword by Mimi Gardner Gates Acknowledgments Welcome from the Tribal Chairs Pronunciation Guide Salishan Languages Map Introduction by Barbara Brotherton The Gifts Storied Arts: Lushootseed Gifting Across Time and Space / Vi taqwseblu Hilbert and Jay Miller Kwulasulwut: Teachings of the Past, Treasures of the Future / Ellen White Kwulasulwut Traditional Teachings about Coast Salish Art / Gerald Bruce subiyay Miller and D. Michael CHiXapkaid Pavel The Recognition of Coast Salish Art / Wayne Suttles How Did It All Get There? Tracing the Path of Salish Art in Collections / Barbara Brotherton A Dialogue about Coast Salish Aesthetics / Michael Kew and Susan Point Remembrance / Astrida Blukis Onat Symbols of Identity, Containers for Knowledge and Memories / Sharon Fortney Objects of Function and Beauty: Basketry of the Southern Coast Salish / Carolyn J. Marr Weaving in Beauty, Weaving in Time / Crisca Bierwert More than Transportation: The Traditional Canoes of Puget Sound / Steven C. Brown The Journey Has Just Begun / Qwalsius Shaun Peterson Bibliography Contributors Index Credits
£39.58
University of Washington Press Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors
Book SynopsisAs a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation, Charlotte Cote offers a valuable perspective on the issues surrounding indigenous whaling, past and present.Trade Review"Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors will appeal to a wide audience. Natives and non-Natives . . . North American historians . . . Environmental and legal scholars . . . The cohort belonging to the emerging field of food studies. . ." -- Rachel Herrmann * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *"A relatively small book of potentially immense importance. The central issue it covers . . . is one that resonates with attempts by indigenous people worldwide to maintain their customary subsistence patterns." * Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources *"An examination of the issues surrounding indigenous whaling, brought into the public spotlight when the Makah tribe of Washington and the Nuu-Chah-Nulth nation of British Columbia decided to resume whale hunting." * Seattle Times *"Cote does an excellent job of tracing the various strands that led up to the 1999 Makah hunt and includes a cultural overview and background as well as politco-legal and environmental contexts. . . As a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation and a descendent of a prominent whaling lineage, the information she has access to and the insights it provides make this book unique." * Choice *Table of ContentsForeword by Micha McCarthy Kleko Kleko / Thank You Orthography Nuu-chah-nulth Pronunciation Guide Abbreviations Introduction / Honoring Our Whaling Ancestors 1. Tsawalk / The Centrality of Whaling to Makah and Nuu-chan-nulth Life 2. Utla / Worldviews Collide: The Arrival of Mamalhn'i in Indian Territory 3. Kutsa / Maintaining the Cultural Link to Whaling Ancestors 4. Muu / The Makah Harvest a Whale 5. Sucha / Challenges to Our Right to Whale 6. Nupu / Legal Impediments Spark a 2007 Whale Hunt 7. Atlpu / Restoring Nanash'aqtl Communities Notes Bibliography Index
£31.38
University of Washington Press Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country
Book SynopsisHow the misguided policy of reducing livestock on the Navajo reservation in the 1930s is still felt today by the people and the landTrade Review"A nuanced analysis of archival documents, extant historiography, and cultural memory. . . . This is a first-rate history by one of our premier western and environmental historians." -- Jeffrey P. Shepherd * The Journal of Arizona History *"Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country joins a growing list of environmental histories that take the intersection of human culture and nonhuman imperatives seriously . . . What emerges is a compelling story, complicated in detail but clear in explication. The work is suited to both the uninitiated and knowledgeable reader, offering important insights on the cultural challenges of ecological restoration." * New Mexico Historical Review *"Weisiger's focus on Navajo women, in her examination into the overgrazing of tribal land and the reduction of livestock as a solution, is distinct from other literature. . . . Weisiger's analysis on the implementation of the conservation program is very insightful and also disheartening, particularly for Navajo women, who were completely ignored both by the Navajo tribal council at the time and by the federal government. . . . The information is eye-opening . . ." * Western Historical Society *"Dreaming of Sheep makes a significant contribution to scholarship on the American West. It effectively weaves together several neglected strands central to increasing our understanding of how climate change, periodic drought, land-use patterns, government interventions, and above all, the disregard of the importance of female husbandry intersected to create conditions that led to Collier's greatest failure during his tenure as commissioner of Indian Affairs (1933-45)…. With great sensitivity and insight, Weisiger evocatively demonstrates why stock reduction continues to be indelibly seared into Navajos' collective memory." * American Indian Quarterly *"The history of Navajo livestock reduction in the 1930s is well known, yet Marsha L. Weisiger offers a sophisticated reevaluation that is satisfying in both its telling and its complexity." * The Journal of American History *"Weisiger demonstrates that Navajo rangeland management needs both an ecosystem approach and a cultural understanding. Summing up: Recommended." * Choice *"Marsha Weisiger recounts a past example of scientists predicting an environmental catastrophe to a skeptical audience. Although this episode played out on the remote Colorado Plateau in the 1930s and early 1940s, it remains relevant today…. Weisiger takes great pains to understand each side's point of view, and her account deftly joins the cultural and the ecological…. Weisiger's analysis of the conflict is the first to explain the interplay of gender and ecology…. Surely, there is a lesson here for the present day." * American Scientist *"In reading this book, fiber artists will gain respect for the Navajo weavers in their efforts to weave and for their challenge in being forced to use wool that they felt was unsuitable for their work. Gardeners and botanists will surely recognize the references to plant life in the Southwestern desert, and the struggle in not allowing the pervasive plants to gain control. And those of us who love to examine history will recognize that this heartbreak could surely have been avoided through understanding, communication, and respect for nature and for the culture that thrives within it." * Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot *Table of ContentsFOREWORD: Sheep Are Good to Think With / William Cronon Preface Acknowledgments PROLOGUE: A View from Sheep Springs PART 1: FAULT LINES 1. Counting Sheep 2. Range Wars PART 2: BEDROCK 3. With Our Sheep We Were Created 4. A Woman's Place PART 3: TERRA FIRMA 5. Herding Sheep 6. Hoofed Locusts PART 4: EROSION 7. Mourning Livestock 8. Drawing Lines on a Map 9. Making Memories EPILOGUE: A View from the Defiance Plateau Notes Glossary Plants Bibliography Index
£29.66
University of Washington Press Making Race
Book SynopsisA history of a past phenomenon - racial art - which has ramifications for the presentTrade Review"Beautifully written, thoughtful, important . . . Francis's book illustrates the dangers of this scholarly approach [racial art] by highlighting that Johnson, Kuniyoshi, and Weber were not marginal artists in the formation of American modernism but significant figures in its definition and development. Highly recommended." * Choice *"A very interesting, academic book." -- Andrea Kirsh * The Art Blog *"There is a theoretical framework to this study, that grows out of the author’s interest in both multiculturalism and race theory, and she does a masterful job in exploring the work of the three artists through a variety of lenses." -- David M. Sokol * Journal of American Culture *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations 1. Introduction 2. The Meaning of Modernism 3. Making Race in American Religious Painting 4. Type/Face/Mask: Racial Portraiture 5. The Race of Landscape 6. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£38.30
University of Washington Press The Nature of Borders Salmon Boundaries and
Book SynopsisThis transnational view provides an understanding of the modern Pacific salmon crisis and reorients borderlands studies towards the Canada-US border while providing a new view of how Native Borders worked.Trade Review"At the risk of straining the metaphor, her book explores uncharted waters and does so masterfully. Wadewitz has just set the bar incredibly high for future historians who also want to turn their backs to the land and gaze out to those coastal waters." -- Sheila M. McManus * H-Borderlands *"Here is a well-written Northwest history from a different angle." -- Mike Dillon * City Living *"An excellent book that covers much ground and joins in the project of reorienting borderlands history in North America. It is suitable for both a lay audience and for use in the classroom." -- Evan C. Rothera * Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources *"This well-written book should appeal to a varied readership. Readers interested in Native salmon culture and its perseverance in the face of Euro-American domination will benefit from the comprehensive analysis. Aficionados of labor and migration history will profit from the discussion of the fishing and canning industries." -- Ken Zontek * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *"Environmental historians have understood for some time…that political boundaries have complicated the management of ecosystems and valuable migrating species. In her persuasive and innovative book, Lissa K. Wadewitz combines these developments, along with new thinking about Native American history, labor history, and even a dose of diplomatic history, to examine salmon fishing in the Salish Sea." -- Kurk Dorsey * American Historical Review *"While it will be of great interest to specialists in salmon conservation and management, its thorough empirical exploration of the development and contestation of different forms of border should give it wider appeal to environmental historians and geographers. It is well-written throughout and the illustrations are of high quality…this volume provides a valuable education through which contemporary fishery managers might learn from the past." -- Christopher Bear * Environment and History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Pacific Borders: An Introduction 1. Native Borders 2. Fish, Fur, and Faith 3. Remaking Native Space 4. Fishing the Line: Border Bandits and Labor Unrest 5. Pirates of the Salish Sea 6. Policing the Border 7. Conclusion: The Future of Salish Sea Salmon Abbreviations Notes Bibliography
£29.66
University of Washington Press Remembering Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes
Book SynopsisExamines the lives of two slain cannery union reformers during the tumultuous Civil Rights Era of the 1970sTrade Review"Remembering Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes is a must read for Asian American and Labor Studies. Buy it, read it and recommend it to others." -- Alonzo Soson * International Examiner *"The book documents the astonishing level of discrimination practices in Alaska canneries into the 1980s. . . . this is a rich beginning." -- Mike Wold * Real Change *
£13.99
University of Washington Press Shopping at Giant Foods
Book SynopsisA fascinating study of the rise and fall of Chinese American supermarketsTrade Review"This book provides a revealing insight into a remarkable chapter of American and Chinese American economic history . . . a valuable source on this thread of Chinese American economic and social history." -- Benedikt Kohler * China Information *"The unlikely venue of the modern supermarket enables readers to catch glimpses of how Chinese Americans carved out an economic niche for themselves amidst overt and covert discrimination." * The Journal of American History *"Yee's accessible study provides rare insights into the business practices and relationships of Chinese-American enterprises, and their historical legacy. As someone who spent fifteen years in the industry, his passion about the subject, first-hand knowledge, and personal contacts made him uniquely qualified to write this study." * Left History *"Yee's ability to bring to the fore differing and often competing perspectives about the supermarket industry makes this work rich and engaging." * Ameriasia Journal *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction Supermarkets Community, Employment, and Enterprise Beginnings Golden Times Decline and Passing Employees and Salesmen Chinese Management and Labor Unions Stop-N-Shop Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
£29.66
University of Washington Press Margins and Mainstreams
Book SynopsisWhile exploring anew the meanings of Asian American social history, this title argues that the core values and ideals of the nation emanate today not from the so-called mainstream but from the margins, from among Asian and African Americans, Latinos and American Indians, women, and the gay and lesbian community.Trade Review"A concise, highly readable, and state-of-the-art reflection on Asian American history by one of its leading scholars." * Western Historical Quarterly *"A convenient summary that deftly synthesizes recent scholarship exploring the intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and culture among Asian Americans in the U.S. This stimulating and sophisticated treatment, written by a mature scholar, is well worth reading." * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface Foreword Introduction 1. When and Where I Enter 2. Is Yellow Black or White? 3. Recentering Women 4. Family Album History 5. Perils of the Body and Mind 6. Margin as Mainstream Bibliography Index
£999.99
University of Washington Press The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze
Book SynopsisConsiders the European representation and understanding of landscape and nature in early nineteenth-century India. This book draws on travel narratives, literary texts, and scientific literature to show the diversity of European responses to the Indian environment and the ways in which these contributed to the wider colonizing process.Trade Review"An eminently readable book, The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze unravels the mysteries of the tropics in India as constructed by nineteenth-century Europeans. . . . A richly documented and important book which will be useful to students from a range of interdisciplinary fields." * Victorian Studies *"The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze deserves a wide audience. Any historian of biology interested in British imperialism, Romanticism, scientific networks (particularly those linking metropolitan and colonial naturalists) and imperial environmental history will find it an enjoyable, informative, and intellectually stimulating read." * Journal of the History of Biology *"The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze is a valuable book for historians and anthropologists..Despite the vast literature on all the themes presented in the book, none connects these various topics as elegantly as the current volume. Arnold's writing style is graceful, his arguments are persuasive, and his creative use of non-governmental sources allow for an original approach to a history of the land." * Itinerario *"David Arnold's absorbing study will reward anyone interested in botany and biogeography, scientific travel, colonial science, and the impact of Romanticism on nineteenth-century science." * ISIS *"In The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze, David Arnold deftly untangles and analyses the nature of the connections between literary representations of the land, the development of botanical knowledge, and the consolidation of colonial power." * Times Literary Supplement *"A fascinating cast of travelers, scientists, and others populate Arnold's account…it addresses important conceptual issues and provides an entertaining account full of specific insights and fascinating characters. Anyone interested in the cultural dimensions of the constructions of power and knowledge in colonial settings will find the book worthwhile." * History *"A rich study of changing British perceptions of India… it will provide scholars of science and nature in colonial India many new insights about an overlooked period and subject. Arnold's arguments about how scientific travelers of the early nineteenth century reimagined India as a place of death and tropicality are nuanced and powerful. His contentions about the their connection to growing British power…are also important." * Environmental History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Itinerant Empire 2. In a Land of Death 3. Romanticism and Improvement 4. From the Orient to the Tropics 5. Networks and Knowledges 6. Botany and the Bounds of Empire Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£999.99
University of Washington Press Citizen 13660
Book SynopsisThe author was one of over one hundred thousand people of Japanese descent - nearly two-thirds of whom were American citizens - who were forced into "protective custody" shortly after Pearl Harbor. This is a graphic memoir of life in relocation centers in California and Utah.Trade Review"Originally published in 1946, Citizen 13660 is a documentation of life inside the World War II “relocation centers” for those of Japanese ancestry. This oft-overlooked portion of American history is brought poignantly to life by Okubo’s expressive ink drawings and accompanying text. . . . Without a doubt, this book should be on required reading lists for high schools across the country." * Foreword Reviews *"This forerunner to the modern graphic memoir is a must-read, both for the important - and shameful - period of American history it documents and its poignant beauty." -- Printers Row * Chicago Tribune *"This graphic memoir has a unique place in the literature for its presentation of the experience through the eyes and hands of a great artist. Get a copy and study the drawings. It will come as a revelation for the many who have never seen it." -- Chizu Omori * International Examiner *"Heartbreaking, candid. . . . Okubo recounts her experience with poignancy and a surprising amount of humor." -- Charlotte Ahlin * Bustle *
£33.36
MV - University of Washington Press Cities of Others
Book SynopsisAsian American literature abounds with complex depictions of American cities as spaces that reinforce racial segregation and prevent interactions across boundaries of race, culture, class, and gender. This book provides the comprehensive examination to date of how Asian American writers - both celebrated and overlooked - depict urban settings.Trade Review"Zhou expands the intellectual horizon by moving beyond the critique of ethnic enclave as simply space of marginalization and by arguing that Chinatown mutually constitutes and transforms the US city and provides an alternative space for Asian American everyday practice as well as reimagining of a national subject. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *"Zhou tracks how authors such as Sui Sin Far, Lin Yutang, Fae Myenne Ng, and Frank Chin render alienated Asian immigrant characters as immersed in a series of urban interactions that on one level resists social marginalization and isolation and on another level imagines a sense of belonging, enacting a spatial citizenship and transforming the contours of being American... Zhou’s more ambitious aim is to show how Asian American literature reimagines and re-represents the American city... The close readings of novels are comprehensive and insightful." * American Literature *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction | Contested Urban Space 1. “The Woman about Town”: Transgressing Raced and Gendered Boundaries in Sui Sin Far’s Writings 2. Claiming Right to the City: Lin Yutang’s Chinatown Family 3. “Our Inside Story” of Chinatown: Fae Myenne Ng’s Bone 4. Chinatown as an Embattled Pedagogical Space: Frank Chin’s Short Story Cycle and Donald Duk 5. Inhabiting the City as Exiles: Bienvenido N. Santos’s What the Hell for You Left Your Heart in San Francisco 6. The City as a “Contact Zone”: Meena Alexander’s Manhattan Music 7. “The Living Voice of the City”: Chang-rae Lee’s Native Speaker 8. Mapping the Global City and “the Other Scene” of Globalization: Karen Tei Yamashita’s Tropic of Orange Conclusion | The I-Hotel and Other Places Notes Bibliography Index
£31.38
University of Washington Press Island
Book SynopsisIn the early twentieth century, most Chinese immigrants coming to the United States were detained at the Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay. This book tells these immigrants' stories while underscoring their relevance to contemporary immigration issues.Trade Review"During the time they spent on the island, as little as a few days, as long as three years, [immigrants] carved and ink-brushed their concerns onto the walls of their barracks. One hundred thirty-five calligraphic poems survived, first discovered by a Federal park ranger after Angel Island was abandoned in 1940. Together with the interviews, the poems — angry, heroic, wrenchingly forlorn, despairing, provocative, resistant — convey, as no secondhand or thirdhand account could ever do, what it was like to be Chinese and to be on Angel Island." * New York Times *"More than two decades ago, the first edition of Island brought the plight of Chinese immigrants in America to the academic forefront through the poetry they left behind at Angel Island. The updated and recently published second edition expands that focus with more poems, interviews, archival photos and an enhanced discussion of historical context….The resulting tome is sure to be a touchstone for Chinese and Asian American Studies for generations to come…. As our nation continues to be a mecca for impoverished people from other countries, Angel Island reminds us to check our attitudes and policies toward immigration, because for all the benefits of being a multicultural and democratic nation there are myriad untold costs." -- Misa Shikuma * International Examiner *"It reclaims the migration history of ordinary Chinese Americans. . . . Poignant testimony to what it meant to be Chinese in America at the beginning of the twentieth century." -- Elena Barabantseva * Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies *
£29.66
University of Washington Press A Chemehuevi Song
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A Chemehuevi Song] represents the highest level of academic and community collaboration. . . [It] is the embodiment of an intellectual and cultural relationship that combines an astute analysis from the historian/ethnographer with a melody of rare tribal voices sharing the lived realities—both past and present—that Chemehuevi people experienced, survived, and relied upon to create the cultural resilience they are experiencing today." -- Theresa L. Gregor * Southern California Quarterly *"The sound historical research, sources, and extensive employment of oral history interviews makes this account of the history and persistence of the Chemehuevi an impressive work." -- William D. Rowley * Montana Magazine *"Trafzer’s book is a wondrous portrayal. . . . Compelling historical discourse. . . . A Chemehuevi Song is a song, and a story, that we should all make time to hear." -- David Martínez * The Journal of Arizona History *"Clifford E. Trafzer has produced a thorough history of the Chemehuevi people. . . . This work will appeal to a wide audience. It is certainly an important work for California Indian scholars. . . . This book is a song with a very clear message and chorus, and Trafzer makes very clear that the song continues." -- Rebecca Bales * Western Historical Quarterly *"A well-written and illustrated, carefully documented, masterful contribution to the overlapping fields of ethnohistory, ethnomusicology, Native American and American studies, myth, and folklore. Essential." * Choice *"Some academics are good scholars and a few are good storytellers. Clifford Trafzer is both. . . . Trafzer presents a nuanced view of the community's culture, especially their songs as methods of dealing with sorrow. . . . A Chemehuevi Song is a testament to their songs as metaphors for the Chemehuevi's adaptations to adversity and relative prosperity." -- Ronald L. Holt * New Mexico Historical Review *Table of ContentsForeword Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Chemehuevi Way 2. Invading and Defaming the Chemehuevi 3. War, Resistance, and Survival 4. The Chemehuevi at Twenty-Nine Palms 5. Unvanished Americans 6. Willie, Williams, and Carlota 7. Cultural Preservations, Ethnogenesis, and Revitalization Glossary Notes Bibliography Index
£91.00
University of Washington Press Yokohama California
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Mori’s superbly structured short stories are . . . tender, evocative episodes of growing up as a Japanese American prior to World War II." * San Francisco Chronicle *"Mori is unafraid to let the humanity of his characters and himself shine through bravely." * Oakland Tribune *"A unique record of Japanese American life in Northern California in the decades just before World War II." * Exploration in Sights and Sounds *"Originally published in 1949, these twenty-two stories present subtle glimpses into the lives of Japanese-Americans in their neighborhood in Oakland, California, aka 'Yokohama.' Mori has a delicate touch, and the stories have more than a passing resemblance to Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio (1919)." * Kirkus Reviews *Table of ContentsIntroduction to the 2015 Edition by Xiaojing Zhou Standing on Seventh Street: An Introduction to the 1985 Edition by Lawson Fusao Inada Introduction to the Original Edition by William Saroyan Tomorrow Is Coming, Children The Woman Who Makes Swell Doughnuts The Seventh Street Philosopher My Mother Stands on Her Head Toshio Mori The End of the Line Say It with Flowers Akira Yano Lil’ Yokohama The Finance over at Doi’s Three Japanese Mothers The All-American Girl The Chessmen Nodas in America The Eggs of the World He Who Has the Laughing Face Slant-Eyed Americans The Trees The Six Rows of Pompons Business at Eleven The Brothers
£23.60
University of Washington Press Desert Exile
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A sensitive, readable account that captures with insight and human warmth the feel of what it was like to be sent by one’s own government into exile in the wilderness. It is a work worthy of an unforgettable experience." * Pacific Citizen *"In Desert Exile the happy life of a Japanese American family before [being removed to a] concentration camp makes their surrealist nightmare experience after December 7, 1941, all the more inexplicable and horrifying." * San Francisco Review of Books *"Desert Exile is a beautifully written personal history. . . . Uchida’s intention was to illuminate the Issei and Nisei internment experience on a personal level for the benefit of later generations. She has succeeded." * Western Historical Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction by Traise Yamamoto 1. The House above Grove Street 2. On Being Japanese and American 3. Pearl Harbor 4. Evacuation 5. Tanforan: A Horse Stall for Four 6. Tanforan: City behind Barbed Wire 7. Topaz: City of Dust 8. Topaz: Winter’s Despair Epilogue
£22.73
University of Washington Press Stars for Freedom
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A welcome addition to growing literature that stresses the heterogeneity of civil rights protest in the postwar era. . . . Raymond’s study provides both insight and avenues for further scholarly discussion and exploration. . . Highly entertaining and readable." -- Mark Walmsley * H-1960s *"Emilie Raymond approaches this subject through a comprehensive survey of six black activist Hollywood celebrities and their contributions to racial equality. Tracing the often uneasy relationship of Hollywood with black identity and culture from the 1940s to the present, Stars for Freedom also lays a thorough foundation between film and American racial politics today." -- Sarah Jilani * Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Cleaning up Catfish Row: Black Celebrity and the Making of Porgy and Bess 2. Sammy Davis, Jr.: Daring, Deferential, and “Money” 3. Harry Belafonte and the Northern Liberal Network 4. The Arts Group and the March on Washington 5. Dick Gregory and Celebrity Grassroots Activism 6. Stars for Selma 7. Celebrities and Black Power Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
£110.48
University of Washington Press Symbolic Immortality
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A sensitive and comprehensive study of the mortuary complex among the Tlingit Indians of southeastern Alaska. . . . This book will become one of the few classics in the literature of the North Pacific Coast." * American Indian Quarterly *"Kan’s work is a welcome addition to . . . literature on the potlatch, and provides fresh insights into traditional Tlingit culture as it survived into the nineteenth century through the window of mortuary rites....Kan’s work must be recommended for its innovative approaches to the study of the Tlingit and the study of their mortuary rites which provide much food for thought for comparison with other societies." * Anthropos *"[Kan] argues that a belief in immortality lay at the core of Tlingit ideology, and that the potlatch effectively symbolized the relationship between the living and the dead. . . . Historians of American Indian cultures can read Symbolic Immortality with much profit. The writing is clear, and the scholarship rests as strongly on documentary evidence as on field notes gathered from oral respondents. Kan’s analysis is creative and imaginative." * Journal of the West *"[Shows] that the entire process from death, to funeral, to the final memorial is more than an economic, political, or social affair; it is a way to commemorate the deceased and all of one’s ancestors and what they represent. . . . For anyone seriously interested in the history and culture of this region, [this book] will . . . stand as one of the major publications in anthropology for many years to come." * Tundra Times *"There is a beauty and rhythm to the Tlingit mortuary complex which makes compelling reading. Most simply, this monograph is an anthropological study of death. . . In their mortuary rites, culminating in the memorial potlatch, the Tlingit transformed death from a threat to the social order into the major opportunity for imposing a sense of order on the flow of social life." * Arctic and Alpine Research *"Kan’s presentation of rich and complex data on many aspects of the Tlingit mortuary attests to his sensitivity as a fieldworker (and to the perhaps surprising strength of Tlingit tradition). What is more, Kan is the first to make such extensive use of archival and ethnohistorical sources to present as complete as possible a picture of the nineteenth-century Tlingit potlatch. . . . The book is a welcome addition to the literature on the Northwest Coast, ritual exchange, ethnopsychology, and mortuary practices, and deserves a wide and lasting audience." * Arctic Anthropology *"Kan goes far beyond description to explore reasons for and meanings of the customs. . . . [He] is dealing with extremely complex issues, yet his arguments are stated with absolute clarity. . . . The most exciting aspect of Kan’s book--apart from the specific information he presents--is his discussion of theory and methodology. He integrates these themes skillfully into his text. . . . [arguing] strongly in favor of a holistic approach to cultural studies." * Alaska History *"Sergei Kan has done a fine job of synthesizing source materials in Symbolic Immortality. This book will undoubtedly become a standard reference on the Tlingit." * Sharing Our Pathways *Table of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition Acknowledgments Tlingit Alphabet Tlingit Technical Sound Chart Map of Southeast Alaska, the Land of the Coastal Tlingits Introduction 1. Outline of the Mortuary Rites Part One | The Person and the Social Order 2. The “Outside” and the “Inside”: The Tlingit View of the Human Being 3. Shagóon and the Social Person: The Cultural Ideal 4. The Aristocrat as the Ideal Person Part Two | The Funeral 5. Cosmology, Eschatology, and the Nature of Death 6. The Deceased, the Mourners, and the Opposites: Actors in the Ritual Drama 7. Grief, Mourning, and the Politics of the Funeral Part Three | The Potlatch 8. The Potlatch as a Mortuary Ritual 9. Competition and Cooperation, Hierarchy and Equality Part Four | Death in Northwestern North America and Beyond 10. The Tlingit Mortuary Complex: A Comparative Perspective Conclusion: The Tlingit Mortuary Complex and the Anthropology of Death Epilogue Notes Glossary References Index
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University of Washington Press South Koreas Education Exodus
Book SynopsisTrade Review"South Korea’s Education Exodus provides readers with rich narratives centering on Early Study Abroad (ESA) as a lens through which one can understand not only the inner workings of ESA but its intimate connections with broader structural factors. . . . [A] useful resource in undergraduate courses on modern and contemporary Korea, international education, inter-Asia cultural studies, multiculturalism, and globalization." -- Hyaeweol Choi * Journal of Asian Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations Introduction: South Korea’s Education Exodus Part One | The Lay of the Land 1. Early Study Abroad 2. The Domestication of South Korean Early Study Abroad in the First Decade of the Millennium Part Two | Navigating Class and the Global 3. Going to School in New Zealand 4. School Choice in the Global Schoolhouse 5. The “Other Half” Goes Abroad: The Perils of Public Schooling in Singapore Part Three | The Dilemmas of Global Citizenship 6. Going Global in Comfort 7. From FOB to Cool 8. Early Wave Returnees in Seoul Part Four | Managing Early Study Abroad 9. The Legal and Religious Citizenship of Korean Transnational Mothers 10. “We Are More Racist”: Navigating Race and Racism in (Korean) America 11. Psychosocial Adjustments of South Korean Early Study Abroad Students Part Five | The Field Speaks 12. Coming to Terms with Our “Asian Invasion” 13. My Life in the States, Alone Bibliography Contributors Index
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University of Washington Press Black Women in Sequence
Book SynopsisBlack Women in Sequence takes readers on a search for women of African descent in comics subculture. From the 1971 appearance of the Skywald Publications character the Butterfly - the first Black female superheroine in a comic book - to contemporary comic books, graphic novels, film, manga, and video gaming, a growing number of Black women are becoming producers, viewers, and subjects of sequential art. As the first detailed investigation of Black women's participation in comic art, Black Women in Sequence examines the representation, production, and transnational circulation of women of African descent in the sequential art world. In this groundbreaking study, which includes interviews with artists and writers, Deborah Whaley suggests that the treatment of the Black female subject in sequential art says much about the place of people of African descent in national ideology in the United States and abroad. For more information visit the author's website: http://www.deborahelizabethTrade Review"A must read." -- Laura Sneddon * Women Write about Comics *"Whaley presents a compelling study of women of African descent in American comics. . . . The kaleidoscopic nature of her study allows readers to form a comprehensive idea about the politics of race and gender in American comics from the late 1930s until today. . . . With its far‐ranging thematic scope and range, Black Women in Sequence is destined to become a cornerstone in the study of gender and race in American comics." -- Kirsten Mollegaard * Journal of Popular Culture *"One of the first book-length works to deal specifically with the construction and experience of black women in sequential art. . . . Whaley considers the creation and consumption of sequential media by black women, often erased from conversations about fan culture. . . . An extraordinarily ambitious work." -- Joshua Abraham Kopin * American Literature *"Engaging and provocative, Black Women in Sequence is relevant not only to comic scholars, but to anyone with an interest in how difference is represented using visual rhetoric." * Feminist Media Studies *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Re-inking the Nation: Jackie Ormes’s Black Cultural Front Comics 2. Black Cat Got Your Tongue?: Catwoman, Blackness, and Postracialism 3. African Goddesses, Mixed-Race Wonders, and Baadasssss Women: Black Women as “Signs” of African in US Comics 4. Anime Dreams for African Girls: Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water 5. Where I’m Coming From: Black Female Artists and Postmodern Comix Conclusion: Comic Book Divas and the Making of Sequential Subjects Notes Index
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University of Washington Press Black Women in Sequence
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A must read." -- Laura Sneddon * Women Write about Comics *"Whaley presents a compelling study of women of African descent in American comics. . . . The kaleidoscopic nature of her study allows readers to form a comprehensive idea about the politics of race and gender in American comics from the late 1930s until today. . . . With its far‐ranging thematic scope and range, Black Women in Sequence is destined to become a cornerstone in the study of gender and race in American comics." -- Kirsten Mollegaard * Journal of Popular Culture *"One of the first book-length works to deal specifically with the construction and experience of black women in sequential art. . . . Whaley considers the creation and consumption of sequential media by black women, often erased from conversations about fan culture. . . . An extraordinarily ambitious work." -- Joshua Abraham Kopin * American Literature *"Engaging and provocative, Black Women in Sequence is relevant not only to comic scholars, but to anyone with an interest in how difference is represented using visual rhetoric." * Feminist Media Studies *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Re-inking the Nation: Jackie Ormes’s Black Cultural Front Comics 2. Black Cat Got Your Tongue?: Catwoman, Blackness, and Postracialism 3. African Goddesses, Mixed-Race Wonders, and Baadasssss Women: Black Women as “Signs” of African in US Comics 4. Anime Dreams for African Girls: Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water 5. Where I’m Coming From: Black Female Artists and Postmodern Comix Conclusion: Comic Book Divas and the Making of Sequential Subjects Notes Index
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University of Washington Press The Portland Black Panthers
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A substantial and important book that succeeds admirably in deepening our understanding not only of the ongoing struggles of Portland’s black community, but also the impact of the Black Panther Party on the city’s political and physical landscape. This work should gain a wide readership among those with an interest in the Black Panther Party, the modern African American freedom struggle, and the post-World War Two urban West and the contests over space and place that shaped it. . . . Required reading for anyone who has every called Portland home." -- Nancy K. Bristow * Western Historical Quarterly *"A substantial and important book that succeeds admirably in deepening our understanding not only of the ongoing struggles of Portland’s black community, but also the impact of the Black Panther Party on the city’s political and physical landscape. This work should gain a wide readership among those with an interest in the Black Panther Party, the modern African American freedom struggle, and the post-World War Two urban West and the contests over space and place that shaped it. Given the range and depth of insights it offers into the city’s racial past and thereby into the contemporary City of Roses, it should also be required reading for anyone who has ever called Portland home." -- Nancy K. Bristow * Western Historical Quarterly *"The Portland Black Panthers chronicles the largely peaceful efforts of Portland's black community to be heard during a turbulent time in Oregon history." * East Oregonian *"The authors fill an important gap. . . . This is a significant contribution to our understanding of black history in the Northwest and just as important a contribution to the history of community organizing and urban development in one of the most important cities in the Pacific Northwest." -- Dale E. Soden * Pacific Northwest Quarterly (PNQ) *"An important study for students and researchers interested in the genesis of local black activism in US cities. Their detailed examination of the Portland’s police operations adds to the information being collected on police behavior by those in the Black Lives Matter movement currently." -- Edward Leon Robinson Jr. * Journal of African American History (JAAH) *"The book illuminates Portland’s troubled passage through the 1960s and 1970s, as experienced by community activists, and the photographs evocatively humanize urban planning decisions. It is a must-read for teachers in Oregon’s public schools and for any serious student of Pacific Northwest history, including undergraduates and graduates in ethnic studies, urban studies, criminal justice, and regional history." * Oregon Historical Quarterly *
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University of Washington Press Chinookan Peoples of the Lower Columbia
Book SynopsisTrade Review"It is the sort of book that will be both indispensable to any Chinookan scholar and the subject of envy by historians beyond. Although the aspiration is orthodox, and as a result expansive, this project is clearly an attempt to move beyond the constraints of the early culture-area overview, most visibly in the inclusion of Chinookan authors." -- Andrew Martindale * BC Studies *"This excellent book...is divided into two parts, one focusing on what is known of the Chinook precontact, the other on their postcontact world. With chapters ranging from the environment, subsistence, and exchange to social organization and culture, part 1 has something for all. Of note, and certainly heartbreaking, are the chapters in the second part that discuss the politico-legal situation and history of the Chinookan peoples. Highly recommended." * Choice *"[The book] illustrates how rich and effective tribal and academic collaborations can be. Twenty-one tribal professionals and scholars (anthropologists, archaeologists, historians) contributed deeply researched chapters to this collection, and together their entries expand existing knowledge about and interpretations of Chinook peoples." -- Laurie Arnold * Columbia: The Journal of Northwest History *"This mature and welcome work provides lifelong academic insights concerning complex hunter-gatherers, regional social networks, ethnogenesis of modern Chinooks, comparisons of highly varied research, and strong voices of living Chinooks." -- Jay Miller * Western Historical Quarterly *"With coverage that ranges from 10,000 or more years to the present, Chinookan Peoples of the Lower Columbia explores the Chinookan world before and after contact, the advent and impacts of disease, demographic shifts, fishing and hunting practices and rights, treaty-making, and legal decisions—just to name a few of the topics under investigation. Compellingly, what is revealed is not always what one might expect." -- Cary C. Collins * Journal of the West *"In this impressive volume, the editors bring together the foremost scholars in the field….[A] tour de force examination of ancient and modern “ethnogensis”….This study is tight, focused, well-organized, comprehensive, even encyclopedic (in the best sense of the word)" -- David Arnold * Pacific Historical Review *"Chinookan Peoples draws upon an impressive body of research by some of the most eminent scholars in the field. . . . [A] starting point for understanding the most important elements of Chinookan culture and history." -- Wendi A. Lindquist * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *Table of ContentsList of Maps, Tables, and Online Materials Preface Acknowledgments The Chinook People Today / Tony A. Johnson Part I. The Chinookan World 1. Environment and Archaeology of the Lower Columbia / Elizabeth A. Sobel, Kenneth M. Ames, and Robert J. Losey 2. Cultural Geography of the Lower Columbia / David V. Ellis 3. Ethnobiology: Nonfishing Subsistence and Production / D. Ann Trieu Gahr 4. Aboriginal Fisheries of the Lower Columbia River / Virginia L. Butler and Michael A. Martin 5. Lower Columbia Trade and Exchange Systems / Yvonne Hajda and Elizabeth A. Sobel 6. Houses and Households / Kenneth M. Ames and Elizabeth A. Sobel 7. Social and Political Organization / Yvonne Hajda 8. Chinookan Oral Literature / Dell Hymes and William R. Seaburg 9. Lower Columbia Chinookan Ceremonialism / Robert T. Boyd 10. Lower Columbia River Art / Tony A. Johnson and Adam McIsaac Part II . After Euro-American Contact 11. Lower Chinookan Disease and Demography /Robert T. Boyd 12. The Chinookan Encounter with Euro-Americans in the Lower Columbia River Valley / William L. Lang 13. Chinuk Wawa and Its Roots in Chinookan / Henry B. Zenk and Tony A. Johnson 14. “Now You See Them, Now You Don’t”: Chinook Tribal Affairs and the Struggle for Federal Recognition / Andrew Fisher and Melinda Marie Jetté 15. Honoring Our tilixam: Chinookan People of Grand Ronde / David G. Lewis, Eirik Thorsgard, and Chuck Williams 16. Chinookan Writings: Anthropological Research and Historiography / Wayne Suttles and William L. Lang Bibliography Contributors Index
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University of Washington Press Saving the Reservation Joe Garry and the Battle
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Fahey chronicles the efforts of Garry . . . who battled in the twentieth century what Sitting Bull and Geronimo had battled in the nineteenth—the U.S. government’s determination to liquidate Indian lands and eliminate Native American cultural and national identity. . . . Anyone interested in the struggle of Indian peoples to combat termination will find much useful information [in this book]." * H-AmIndian *Table of ContentsContents Preface Emergency! “The Chance of our Indian Lifetimes” The Crucial Year Turning Points Roots: The Coeur d’Alenes Boy to Man Toward a Victory of Sorts The Garry Era Ends Money--and Its Consequences “I Enjoyed Working with the People” Epilogue Notes Sources Index
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University of Washington Press Tulalip From My Heart An Autobiographical
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Tulalip, From My Heart is a rich addition to the history of Pacific Northwest Coast tribes and accomplishes Dover’s aim to tell Tulalip history from the inside in order to create a more complete historical narrative." -- Laurie Arnold * Montana: The Magazine of Western History *"Weaves adeptly between the personal, the communal, and the political….succeeds in telling a story of the past, even as it complicates the academy’s categories of what counts as history." -- Danae A. Jacobson * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *"Boarding school education, treaties, and reservation life are three topics of many that Dover raises from the welcome perspective of a Native American woman who struggled to survive through those trying and troubling times. Anyone seeking a deeper and richer understanding of Native American history, as well as the growth and development of the reservation community at Tulalip, and Dover’s long-standing efforts in adulthood to revive the cultural practices and traditions that the Bureau of Indian Affairs had been so obsessed with stamping out, will find Tulalip, From My Heart an indispensable resource." -- Cary C. Collins * Oregon Historical Quarterly *Table of ContentsForeword by Wayne Williams Introduction by Darleen Fitzpatrick Phonological Key Prologue: A Sense of Place 1. Treaty Time, 1855 2. Settling on the Reservation 3. Finding Work in the Early Days 4. First Memories of White People 5. Remember (What We Told You) 6. The Tulalip Indian Boarding School 7. Treaty Rights Are Like a Drumbeat 8. Public School and Marriage, 1922 to 1926 9. Political and Social Conditions 10. Legacy 11. Seeing the World Appendix: The Tulalip Indian School Schedule Bibliography Index
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University of Washington Press The Rising Tide of Color
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This assortment of essays shines a light on historical factors that continue to have an impact on national security matters and global unrest today. This is tough but thought-provoking stuff." -- Barbara McMichael * The Bellingham Herald *"[An] edifying primer attuned, in the tradition of Preston and Williams, to connecting our contemporary crisis to the problems of the past.... Transnational in scope and attentive to intricacies of geography and intersectionality, the contributions to Rising Tide represent a promising wave of new scholarship on American radicalism." -- S. Ani Mukherji * American Studies Journal *"[T]his volume performs important historical work in remembering . . . and resurrecting the stories of those who resisted the violence and exclusions of state suppression while struggling for a more equitable and just society and yet were marginalized and forgotten. . . .Moon-Ho Jung’s introduction provides an impressive overview and genealogy of race, state violence, and radical movements. This synthetic essay alone makes the collection a valuable contribution to thinking about how the West Coast of North America as historically entwined in myriad ways with a transpacific world of continual crossings and recrossings." -- Henry Yu * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Standing at the Crossroads 2. Mobilizing Revolutionary Manhood 3. Dangerous Amusements 4. Positively Stateless 5. Relief and Revolution 6. Policing Gay LA 7. Carceral Migrations 8. Hypervisibility and Invisibility 9. Radicalizing Currents Contributors Index
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University of Washington Press Being Cowlitz
Book SynopsisWithout a recognized reservation or homeland, what keeps an Indian tribe together? How can members of the tribe understand their heritage and pass it on to younger generations? For Christine Dupres, a member of the Cowlitz tribe of southwestern Washington State, these questions were personal as well as academic. In Being Cowlitz: How One Tribe Renewed and Sustained Its Identity, what began as the author's search for her own history opened a window into the practices and narratives that sustained her tribe's identity even as its people were scattered over several states. Dupres argues that the best way to understand a tribe is through its stories. From myths and spiritual traditions defining the people's relationship to the land to the more recent history of cultural survival and engagement with the U.S. government, Dupres shows how stories are central to the ongoing process of forming a Cowlitz identity. Through interviews and profiles of political leaders, Dupres reveals the narrativeTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Cowlitz History 3. Historical Discourse and the Use of Landscape: Genres of Attachment Image Gallery 4. The Importance of Leaders and Legends 5. The Importance of Personal History Narrative 6. The Importance of Personal History Narrative in Shaping Oral History and Myth Bibliography
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University of Washington Press The Production of HinduMuslim Violence in
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Paul R. Brass is the most distinguished political scientist working on Indian politics today..[This is] an outstanding work that marks a radical new departure in the study of riots in India and, probably, much more broadly." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"In this important book, Brass has collected a quite astounding amount of material on elections, caste politics, and the geography of riots and their morphology. The book contains a wealth of detailed observations about political parties, economic actors, and developments, as well as the geography of rioting, which makes it a landmark study of South Asian politics." * Contemporary Sociology *Table of ContentsAbbreviations Used in This Book Maps, Figures, and Tables Preface and Acknowledgments Part I / Introduction 1. Explaining Communal Violence Part II / Communal Riots in India and Aligarh 2. Aligarh: Politics, Population, and Social Organization 3. Hindu-Muslim Violence in India and Aligarh 4. The Great Aligarh Riots of December 1990 and January 1991 5. The Control of Communal Conflict in Aligarh Part III / Demographic, Social, and Economic Factors in the Production of Riots 6. The Geography and Demography of Riots 7. The Economics of Riots: Economic Competition and Victimization Part IV / Riots and the Political Process 8. Riots and Elections 9. The Practice of Communal Politics 10. Communalization and Polarization: Selected Constituency-Wise Results for Aligarh Elections 11. Communal Solidarity and Division at the Local Level 12. The Decline of Communal Violence and the Transformation of Electoral Competition Part V / The Process of Blame Displacement 13. Riot Interpretation, Blame Displacement, and the Communal Discourse 14. Police Views of Hindu-Muslim Violence 15. The Role of the Media Part IV / Conclusion 16. The Persistence of Hindu-Muslim Violence: The Dynamics of Riot Production Postscript: Aligarh and Gujarat Appendices Notes Index Index of Mohallas
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University of Washington Press Stories Old and New
Book SynopsisStories Old and New is the first complete translation of Feng Menglong's Gujin xiaoshuo (also known as Yushi mingyan, Illustrious Words to Instruct the World), a collection of 40 short stories first published in 1620 in China. This is considered the best of Feng's three such collections and was a pivotal work in the development of vernacular fiction. The stories are valuable as examples of early fiction and for their detailed depiction of daily life among a broad range of social classes. The stories are populated by scholars and courtesans, spirits and ghosts, Buddhist monks and nuns, pirates and emperors, and officials both virtuous and corrupt. The streets and abodes of late-Ming China come alive in Shuhui Yang and Yunqin Yang's smooth and colorful translation of these entertaining tales. Stories Old and New has long been popular in China and has been published there in numerous editions. Although some of the stories have appeared in English translations in journals and anthologiesTrade Review"As a truly complete collection of vernacular stories, [this volume] clearly sets a new standard for the English-speaking world." * Review of Bibliography in Sinology *"An important addition to any collection supporting Asian literature in translation or Chinese history." * Choice *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Translators’ Note Chronology of Chinese Dynasties Title Page from the 1620 Edition Preface to the 1620 Edition 1) Jiang Zingge Reencounters His Pearl Shirt 2) Censor Chen Ingeniously Solves the Case of the Gold Hairpins and Brooches 3) Han the Fifth Sells Her Charms in New Bridge Town 4) Ruan San Redeems His Debt in Leisurely Clouds Nunnery 5) Penniless Ma Zhou Meets His Opportunity through a Woman Selling Pancakes 6) Lord Ge Gives Away Pearl Maiden 7) Yang Jiao’ai Lays Down His Life for the Sake of Friendship 8) Wu Bao’an Abandons His Family to Ransom His Friend 9) Duke Pei of Jin Returns a Concubine to Her Rightful Husband 10) Magistrate Teng Settles the Case of Inheritance with Ghostly Cleverness 11) Zhao Bosheng Meets with Emperor Renzong in a Teahouse 12) Zhang Daoling Tests Zhao Sheng Seven Times 14) Chen Xiyi Rejects Four Appointments from the Imperial court 15) The Dragon-and-Tiger Reunion of Shi Hongzhao the Minister and his Friend the King 16) The Chicken-and-Millet Dinner for Fan Juqing, Friend in Life and Death 17) Shan Fulang’s Happy Marriage in Quanzhou 18) Yang Balao’s Extraordinary Family Reunion in the Land of Yue 19) Yang Qianzhi Meets a Monk Knight-Errant on a Journey by Boat 20) Chen Congshan Loses His Wife on Mei Ridge 21) Qian Poliu Begins His Career in Lin’an 22) Zheng Huchen Seeks Revenge in Mumian Temple 23) Zhang Shunmei Finds a Fair Lady during the Lantern Festival 24) Yang Siwen Meets an Old Acquaintance in Yanshan 25) Yan Pingzhong Kills Three Men with Two Peaches 26) Shen Ziu Causes Seven Deaths with One Bird 27) Jin Yunu Beats the Heartless Man 28) Li Xiuqing Marries the Virgin Huang with Honor 29) Monk Moon Bright Redeems Willow Green 30) Abbot Mingwu Redeems Abbot Wujie 31) Sima Mao Disrupts Order in the Underworld and Sits in Judgement 32) Humu Di Intones Poems and Visits the Netherworld 33) Old Man Zhang Grows Melons and Marries Wennu 34) Mr. Li Saves a Snake and Wins Chenxin 35) The Monk with a Note Cleverly Tricks Huangfu’s Wife 36) Song the Fourth Greatly Torments Tightwad Zhang 37) Emperor Wudi of the Liang Dynasty Goes to the Land of Extreme Bliss through Ceaseless Cultivation 38) Ren the Filial Son with a Fiery Disposition Becomes a God 39) Wang Xinzhi Dies to Save the Entire Family 40) Shen Xiaoxia Encounters the Expedition Memorials Notes Bibliography
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University of Washington Press Protracted Contest
Book SynopsisEver since the two ancient nations of India and China established modern states in the mid-20th century, they have been locked in a complex rivalry ranging across the South Asian region. Garver offers a scrupulous examination of the two countries' actions and policy decisions over the past fifty years. He has interviewed many of the key figures who have shaped their diplomatic history and has combed through the public and private statements made by officials, as well as the extensive record of government documents and media reports. He presents a thorough and compelling account of the rivalry between these powerful neighbors and its influence on the region and the larger world.Trade Review"A well-crafted and incisive study of Sino-Indian relationsin the past half-century and more." * India Weekly *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Sino-Indian Relations: The Protracted Contest The Tibetan Factor in Sino-Indian Relations The Territorial Dispute Sino-Indian Rivalry for Influence and Status among Developing Countries Indian-Chinese Rivalry in Nepal Sikkim and Bhutan The Sino-Pakistani Entente Cordiale Managing the Contradiction between Maintaining the SIno-Pakistani Entente and Furthering Sino-Indian Rapprochement Burma: The Back Door to China The Indian Ocean in Sino-Indian Relations Nuclear Weapons and the Sino-Indian Relationship Nuclear Weapons and the International Status of China and India Prospects for a Qualitative Change in PRC-ROI Relations Notes Indes
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University of Washington Press The Pacific Muse
Book SynopsisThe Pacific Muse offers a fresh perspective on a seductively familiar topic: the colonial stereotype of the exotic Pacific island woman. By tracing the evolution of female primitivism from Western antiquity to twentieth-century Hollywood images, the book sheds new light on our understanding of how and why this ideal has persisted and the major role it has played in the colonization of Pacific peoples. While examining colonial culture in its many manifestations, from art, literature, and film to the journals of explorers and missionaries, O'Brien rereads not only the canonical texts of Pacific imperialism, but also lesser-known remnants of this cultural heritage with an eye to what they reveal about gender, sexuality, race, and femininity. Over its long history from the famous (and much romanticized) settlement of Tahitian women and mutineers from the Bounty on Pitcairn Island in 1789 to the South Seas romantic tradition, Gauguin, and beach culture notions of female primitivism chanTrade Review"O'Brien's book contributes to the burgeoning field of studies of gender and sexuality in Pacific Studies at the same time that it broadens the feminist critique of constructions of sexuality and gender… O'Brien allows us to glimpse many fascinating women, including Alice Henriette Handy, a Maori woman who was taken to America by her father, a New England whaling captain; and Maria de los Santos y Castro, a fifteen-year-old girl from Guam who was married to Matthew Mazarro, a Genoese four times her age." * Journal of World History *"The Pacific Muse is highly recommended for anyone interested in Pacific history, the role of the indigenous colonial woman, and the truth behind the 'island girl' smile." -- Debra Youthed * Glory Days Magazine *"The Pacific Muse is a complex historical narrative and O'Brien wields a vast amount of material." * Journal of Folklore Research *"O'Brien's panoramic study on the evolution of the Western notion of the exotic feminine in the Pacific is riveting..The book is essential reading because the Pacific Muse remains alive and well today—- precisely because she continues to serve this role." * Journal of Pacific History *"As a 'gender-focused world history', Patty O'Brien foregrounds the female body in her exploration of the colonial South Pacific. O'Brien takes an overlapping thematic and chronological approach, tracing the production of exotic femininity from its foundations in antiquity through the present day.. [it is] an engaging, wide-ranging, and insightful work, enhanced by the liberal inclusion of excellent images." * BC Studies *"As Patty O'Brien illustrates with almost encyclopedic detail, since their earliest connections with Europeans, Pacific womenhave been portrayed as lascivious, hypersexual, sensual, enticing, and always available. . . . O'Brien's task is to unfold the sexing of the Pacific, from Renaissance representations of the sixteenth century to the celluloid images of the twentieth. . . The research is meticulous." * The Historian *"Patty O'Brien's study offers readers an examination of the role of the feminine in the construction of the Pacific in the western imagination. . . [a] rich and detailed book." * Pacific Historical Review *"The Pacific Muse reaches beyond the words and images that Europeans, particularly European men, painted about women in the Pacific. O'Brien explores the relationship between images of Pacific womanhood and different configurations of imperialism around the region." * Journal of Women's History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction I. From Antiquity to Discovery of Tahiti II. Colonizing Masculinities, 1767-1860 III. Nature's Resources and the Forging of Empire, 1788-1890 IV. Gender, Race, and the Body Politic in the Pacific and Europe V. From the 1890s to the Present Epilogue Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
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MV - University of Washington Press The Changing Presentation of the American Indian
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction | A New Idea of Ourselves: The Changing Presentation of the American Indian / W. Richard West, Jr. 1. Presenting the American Indian: From Europe to America / Evan M. Maurer 2. “Our” Indians: The Unidimensional Indian in the Disembodied Local Past / James D. Nason 3. The Poetics of Museum Representations: Tropes of Recent American Indian Art Exhibitions / David W. Penney 4. The Integration of Traditional Indian Beliefs into the Museum at Warm Springs / Janice Clements 5. Are Changing Representations of First Peoples in Canadian Museums and Galleries Challenging the Curatorial Prerogative? / Michael M. Ames 6. Learn About Our Past to Understand Our Future: The Story of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe / Joycelyn Wedll Appendices Contributors Index
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University of Washington Press Storied Lives
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Okihiro argues that while we give much scrutiny to racism and its negative impacts, we pay too little attention to anti-racism—the acts of resistance to injustice, however small, that lead to empowerment of the oppressed and ultimately to the democratization of all of society. Storied Lives illuminates a heretofore little-known episode of anti-racist struggle during some of the darkest hours in American democracy." * Pacific Reader *"This significant work illuminates one facet of a story the larger dimensions of which are quite familiar, yet in personalizing the faces depicted in yearbooks and showing how difficult their achievements were, [Okihiro] has rendered an important service to the larger field of Asian American studies." * Journal of American Ethnic History *"This book is a welcome expansion of our knowledge and perspectives about the education of American minority groups." * Journal of American History *"Okihiro explores new territory in the field of Asian-American history by illuminating the story of the Nisei and their selective release from internment camps to attend colleges during World War II. Due to the quality and quantity of the primary source material available to him, Okihiro has been able to provide valuable insight and expose the emotional depth of these students whose lives are revealed through their own words and deeds." * Multicultural Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface An Uneventful Life Toward a Better Society Exemplars Yearbook Portraits A Thousand Cranes Antiracism Afterword: Nisei Student Relocation Commemorative Fund Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Washington Press Shadow Tribe
Book SynopsisTrade Review"He treats two significant but often neglected themes with great clarity: first, the status of off-reservation Indian communities . . . and second, the related and important topics of racial categorization and communal identity building in these off-reservation areas." -- Brian Gillis * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *"The book is an engaging account of the history of Columbia River Indians and their determination to maintain control of their identity though confronted by overwhelming obstacles. Summing up: Highly recommended." * Choice *"Shadow Tribe takes us into the heart of the legal and cultural conundrums stalking Columbia River Indians, and the result is a subtle, empathetic portrait of people struggling to harmonize nature, tradition, and community in a time and place where nothing is neat and clean." * Montana: The Magazine of Western History *"An engaging and compelling narrative, Shadow Tribe, engages legal, cultural, and political history as well as religion, colonization and resistance, and the sociology of identity formation. By complicating the 'narrative of confinement and isolation' that has dominated popular understandings and representations of Native American life, Fisher makes a thoughtful and informative addition to the long history of Indian Removal and Native American cultural persistence." * Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources *"Fischer's history is meticulous and nuanced, fully acknowledging the complex social and political currents within and around these 'renegade' Indian communities…. Fischer combines the skills and perspectives of a historian and an anthropologist. As a historian, he extracts surprising details from archival documents… Fischer also has ferreted out oral histories recorded by individual Columbia River Indians telling their stories in their own words, making this history more ethnographic, more faithful to all those caught up in this history." * Oregon Historical Quarterly *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. People of the River 2. Making Treaties, Making Tribes 3. They Mean to Be Indian Always 4. Places of Persistence 5. Spaces of Resistance 6. Home Folk 7. Submergence and Resurgence Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Washington Press The Nature of Borders
Book SynopsisThis transnational view provides an understanding of the modern Pacific salmon crisis and reorients borderlands studies towards the Canada-US border while providing a new view of how Native Borders worked.Trade Review"At the risk of straining the metaphor, her book explores uncharted waters and does so masterfully. Wadewitz has just set the bar incredibly high for future historians who also want to turn their backs to the land and gaze out to those coastal waters." -- Sheila M. McManus * H-Borderlands *"Here is a well-written Northwest history from a different angle." -- Mike Dillon * City Living *"An excellent book that covers much ground and joins in the project of reorienting borderlands history in North America. It is suitable for both a lay audience and for use in the classroom." -- Evan C. Rothera * Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources *"This well-written book should appeal to a varied readership. Readers interested in Native salmon culture and its perseverance in the face of Euro-American domination will benefit from the comprehensive analysis. Aficionados of labor and migration history will profit from the discussion of the fishing and canning industries." -- Ken Zontek * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *"Environmental historians have understood for some time…that political boundaries have complicated the management of ecosystems and valuable migrating species. In her persuasive and innovative book, Lissa K. Wadewitz combines these developments, along with new thinking about Native American history, labor history, and even a dose of diplomatic history, to examine salmon fishing in the Salish Sea." -- Kurk Dorsey * American Historical Review *"While it will be of great interest to specialists in salmon conservation and management, its thorough empirical exploration of the development and contestation of different forms of border should give it wider appeal to environmental historians and geographers. It is well-written throughout and the illustrations are of high quality…this volume provides a valuable education through which contemporary fishery managers might learn from the past." -- Christopher Bear * Environment and History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Pacific Borders: An Introduction 1. Native Borders 2. Fish, Fur, and Faith 3. Remaking Native Space 4. Fishing the Line: Border Bandits and Labor Unrest 5. Pirates of the Salish Sea 6. Policing the Border 7. Conclusion: The Future of Salish Sea Salmon Abbreviations Notes Bibliography
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University of Washington Press Jews and Muslims
Book SynopsisIlluminates the history of the many Jewish communities that lived in predominantly Muslim lands before European colonialism and the emergence of Zionism and Arab nationalism led to mass departures of Jews in the mid-20th century, offering a unique perspective, from within, on the historical background of some of the most vexing problems of the modern Middle East.Trade Review"A rich and varied collection of texts with enlightening commentary." * International Journal of Middle East Studies *"A delightful book, full of erudition and charm. . . . It captures the spirit of the time. . . . A marvelous work of tapestry." -- François Furet * Le Nouvel Observateur *"Rodrigue’s book gives us a picture of the complex worlds of Sephardic Jewry. . . . [It] is unsurpassed in breadth, vividness, candor, and historical insight." -- Michael Berkowitz * History of European Ideas *"The unique contribution of Aron Rodrigue’s book is that it provides contemporary images of Jewish life in the Middle Eastern and North African countries during 1860–1939. These descriptions were made by Jews who stayed with these communities for long periods of time or at least were well acquainted with them. Throughout the book Rodrigue places the changing conditions of these communities within the global framework that was instrumental in shaping this transition." * Contemporary Jewry *"Rodrigue provides insight into the life of Jewish communities in Iraq, Iran, Morocco, Tunisia, Syria, Palestine, Algeria, Turkey, Egypt, and Greece. The letters touch upon the internal structure of these Jewish communities, their relations with their Muslim neighbors as well as the local government, their attitude towards European colonial influence, the impact of Zionism on them, and the increasing clash between Zionist and Alliance discourses. . . . Should be read by anyone with a keen interest in the history of the Middle East, Jews in the Middle East, and Orientalism." * MESA Bulletin *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments A Note on the Documents Map Introduction An Overview of the Alliance's Activities PART ONE THE SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS OF THE ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLE Instruction in the Alliance Schools The Alliance Teaching Corps PART TWO THE DISCOURSE OF THE ALLIANCE TEACHERS AND THE "CIVILIZING" OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN THE LANDS OF ISLAM The Moralizing Agenda The Emancipation and Reformation of Women The Transformation of the Social Structure of the Jewish Community The Critique of Traditional Judaism The War of Languages A Portrait of the Communities The Impact of the West and the Alliance Schools PART THREE THE ALLIANCE TEACHER AS POLITICAL ACTIVIST AND POLITICAL OBSERVER The Task of Protection The Teacher as Patriot and Advocate of the Jews The Age of Nationalism Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Index of Personal Names Index of Place Names
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University of Washington Press Native Students at Work
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University of Washington Press Bracero Railroaders
Book SynopsisDesperate for laborers to keep the trains moving during World War II, the U.S. and Mexican governments created a now mostly forgotten bracero railroad program that sent a hundred thousand Mexican workers across the border to build and maintain railroad lines throughout the United States, particularly the West. Although both governments promised the workers adequate living arrangements and fair working conditions, most bracero railroaders lived in squalor, worked dangerous jobs, and were subject to harsh racial discrimination. Making matters worse, the governments held a percentage of the workers' earnings in a savings and retirement program that supposedly would await the men on their return to Mexico. However, rampant corruption within both the railroad companies and the Mexican banks meant that most workers were unable to collect what was rightfully theirs. Historian Erasmo Gamboa recounts the difficult conditions, systemic racism, and decades-long quest for justice these men facedTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1. Labor and the Railroad Industry before World War II 2. The Great Depression, Deportations, and Recovery 3. We Will Need the Mexicans Back 4. Railroad Track Workers Needed; Where Are the Domestic Laborers? 5. Bracero Railroaders, “Soldiers of Democracy” 6. Contractual Promises to Keep 7. The Perils of Being a Bracero 8. The Deception Further Exposed 9. Split Families: Repercussions at Home and Away 10. Victory and Going Home 11. Forgotten Railroad Soldiers Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index Illustrations follow page
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University of Washington Press Japanese Prostitutes in the North American West
Book SynopsisThis compelling study of a previously overlooked vice industry explores the larger structural forces that led to the growth of prostitution in Japan, the Pacific region, and the North American West at the turn of the twentieth century. Combining very personal accounts with never before examined Japanese sources, historian Kazuhiro Oharazeki traces these women's transnational journeys from their origins in Japan to their arrival in Pacific Coast cities. He analyzes their responses to the oppression they faced from pimps and customers, as well as the opposition they faced from American social reformers and Japanese American community leaders. Despite their difficult circumstances, Oharazeki finds, some women were able to parlay their experience into better jobs and lives in America. Though that wasn't always the case, their mere presence here nonetheless paved the way for other Japanese women to come to America and enter the workforce in more acceptable ways. By focusing on this invisiTrade Review"Japanese Prostitutes in the North American West, 1887-1920 tells their story in unprecedented detail. . . . A comprehensive study of these forgotten women who crossed the Pacific to live in a foreign country where they did not know the language." * Japan Times (2016 Top 10 Best Books about Japan) *"Japanese Prostitutes in the North American West, 1887–1920 is an informative trans-national study on the evolution of Japanese communities in the Pacific Northwest. Clearly written and well organized, the book will appeal to students and scholars interested in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Japanese American history and Asian American women’s history. . . . Oharazeki’s dedication and adroitness in the archives will be a hard act to follow." -- Bill Mihalopoulos * Monumenta Nipponica *"An impressive volume. . . . Oharazeki has given us a valuable piece of transnational social history." -- Jeff Nichols * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *"The author’s sober, scholarly approach and style combine to require that the book be taken seriously and that the long, sometimes troubled, history between the US and Japan be broadened to include this sad aspect of early contacts between the two nations. Highly recommended." * Choice *"The arresting opening sentence of this informative monograph . . . grabs the attention of readers familiar with early twentieth-century Japanese history. . . . A thoughtful exploration of how the interaction of gender, race, and power shaped the relationship between those invisible women and men, traffickers and customers, in the North American West." -- Joan Ericson * Western Historical Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Individual Names Introduction 1. Across the Pacific Rim: Global Dimensions of Japanese Prostitution in the North American West 16 2. Hardships at Home: Micro-level Analysis of the Social Origins of Japanese Prostitutes in the North American West 3. Recruitment and Passage: Transpacific Migration of Japanese Prostitutes to the North American West 4. Racialized, Exploited, and Excluded: The Lives of Japanese Prostitutes and Barmaids in the North American West 5. Breaking the Shackles of Oppression: Japanese Prostitutes’ and Barmaids’ Response to Sexual and Economic Exploitation 6. The Emergence of Anti–Japanese Prostitution Reforms in the North American West from a Transpacific and Comparative Perspective Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Washington Press Indian Blood
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A welcome addition to the small but growing health literature about gay and transgendered mixed-race Native men, the work stands as a significant contribution that will certainly initiate further discussion, debate, and empirical investigations. Highly recommended. All academic levels/libraries." * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Indian Blood: Two-Spirit Return in the Face of Colonial Haunting 2. Two-Spirit Cultural Dissolution: HIV and Healing among Mixed-Race American Indians 3. Historical and Intergenerational Trauma and Radical Love 4. Gender and Racial Discrimination against Mixed-Race American Indian Two-Spirits 5. Mixed-Race Identity, Cognitive Dissonance, and Public Health 6. Sexual Violence and Transformative Ancestor Spirits
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University of Washington Press Asian America
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Significance of the Asian American Experience The Coming of the Chinese The Anti-Chinese Movement Chinese America, 1880-1941 The Coming of the Japanese and the Anti-Japanese Movement Japanese America, 1920-1941 Asian Americans and World War II Asian Americans and the Cold War, 1945-1960 Epilogue: Since 1960 - The Era of the Model Minority Selected Bibliography Index
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University of Washington Press Sanctuary and Asylum
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Asylum and Sanctuary Seekers’ Stories 2. Sanctuary’s Beginnings 3. A Thousand Years of Medieval Sanctuary 4. From Religious Sanctuary to Secular Asylum 5. Nineteenth-Century Sanctuary outside the Law 6. The Pleasures of Holocaust Rescue 7. The Twentieth-Century Heyday of Asylum 8. Asylum Now in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom 9. Asylum Now in Europe and Beyond 10. The Golden Door Ajar: US Asylum Policy 11. Contemporary Sanctuary Movements 12. The News from Tucson Afterword | Does Asylum Have a Future? Appendix Notes References Index Illustrations follow page
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University of Washington Press The City Is More Than Human
Book SynopsisTrade Review"For the Seattle history buff it’s a must read; for the urbanist it broadens the sense of what the city is, who it’s for, and how critters are partners in shaping urban life." -- Knute Berger * Crosscut *"Meticulous and thoughtful . . . Through impressive mining of primary sources, Frederick L. Brown weaves together urban history, environmental history, and geography through the forgotten stories of human-animal relations. . . . Teachers of environmental history should consider this titlefor undergraduate classrooms." * Environmental History *"Virtually any Northwest community would recognize itself in much of this book. . . . The City Is More Than Human is a tough but valuable read, challenging us to consider our actions and attitudes toward other species." -- Barbara Lloyd McMichael * Kitsap Sun *"Brown’s book is a welcome addition to the thriving study of animals in urban and American history." * Pacific Historical Review *Table of ContentsForeword | The Animal Turn in Urban History / Paul S. Sutter Introduction 1. Beavers, Cougars, and Cattle | Constructing the Town and the Wilderness 2. Cows | Closing the Grazing Commons 3. Horses | The Rise and Decline of Urban Equine Workers 4. Dogs and Cats | Loving Pets in Urban Homes 5. Cattle, Pigs, Chickens, and Salmon | Eating Animals on Urban Plates Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix: Methodology List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Washington Press Zuo Tradition Zuozhuan
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University of Washington Press Migrating the Black Body The African Diaspora
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Leigh Raiford and Heike Raphael-Hernandez Part One | Making Blackness Serve 1. Containing Bodies—Enscandalizing Enslavement: Stasis and Movement at the Juncture of Slave-Ship Images and Texts /Carsten Junker 2. Russian Blackamoors: From Grand-Manner Portraiture to Alphabet in Pictures / Irina Novikova 3. Migrating Images of the Black Body Politic and the Sovereign State: Haiti in the 1850s / Karen N. Salt 4. Playing the White Knight: Badin, Chess, and Black Self-Fashioning in Eighteenth-Century Sweden / Joachim Östlund 5. Making Blackness Serve China: The Image of Afro-Asia in Chinese Political Posters / Robeson Taj Frazier Part Two | Dreaming Diasporas 6. The Glamorous One-Two Punch: Visualizing Celebrity, Masculinity, and Boxer Alfonso Teofilo Brown in Early Twentieth-Century Paris / Lyneise Williams 7. The Here and Now of Eslanda Robeson’s African Journey / Leigh Raiford 8. Black and Cuba: An Interview with Filmmaker Robin J. Hayes / Robin J. Hayes and Julia Roth 9. Return to Which Roots? Interracial Documemoirs by Macky Alston, Eliaichi Kimaro, and Mo Asumang / Cedric Essi 10. Dreaming Diasporas / Cheryl Finley Part Three | Differently Black 11. Differently Black: The Fourth Great Migration and Black Catholic Saints in Ramin Bahrani’s Goodbye Solo and Jim Sheridan’s In America / Charles I. Nero 12. Coloured in South Africa: An Interview with Filmmaker Kiersten Dunbar Chace and Photojournalist Rushay Booysen / Sonja Georgi and Pia Wiegmink 13. When Home Meets Diaspora at the Door of No Return: Cinematic Encounters in Sankofa and Little Senegal / Heike Raphael-Hernandez 14. Of Plastic Ducks and Cockle Pickers: African Atlantic Artists and Critiques of Bonded Labor across Chronologies / Alan Rice 15. At Home, Online: Affective Exchange and the Diasporic Body in Ghanaian Internet Video / Reginold A. Royston Part 4 | Afrofabulation 16. Habeas Ficta: Fictive Ethnicity, Affecting Representations, and Slaves on Screen / Tavia Nyong’o 17. The Black Body as Photographic Image: Video Light in Postcolonial Jamaica / Krista Thompson 18. The Not-Yet Justice League: Fantasy, Redress, and Transatlantic Black History on the Comic Book Page / Darieck Scott List of Contributors Index
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University of Washington Press Migrating the Black Body
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Leigh Raiford and Heike Raphael-Hernandez Part One | Making Blackness Serve 1. Containing Bodies—Enscandalizing Enslavement: Stasis and Movement at the Juncture of Slave-Ship Images and Texts /Carsten Junker 2. Russian Blackamoors: From Grand-Manner Portraiture to Alphabet in Pictures / Irina Novikova 3. Migrating Images of the Black Body Politic and the Sovereign State: Haiti in the 1850s / Karen N. Salt 4. Playing the White Knight: Badin, Chess, and Black Self-Fashioning in Eighteenth-Century Sweden / Joachim Östlund 5. Making Blackness Serve China: The Image of Afro-Asia in Chinese Political Posters / Robeson Taj Frazier Part Two | Dreaming Diasporas 6. The Glamorous One-Two Punch: Visualizing Celebrity, Masculinity, and Boxer Alfonso Teofilo Brown in Early Twentieth-Century Paris / Lyneise Williams 7. The Here and Now of Eslanda Robeson’s African Journey / Leigh Raiford 8. Black and Cuba: An Interview with Filmmaker Robin J. Hayes / Robin J. Hayes and Julia Roth 9. Return to Which Roots? Interracial Documemoirs by Macky Alston, Eliaichi Kimaro, and Mo Asumang / Cedric Essi 10. Dreaming Diasporas / Cheryl Finley Part Three | Differently Black 11. Differently Black: The Fourth Great Migration and Black Catholic Saints in Ramin Bahrani’s Goodbye Solo and Jim Sheridan’s In America / Charles I. Nero 12. Coloured in South Africa: An Interview with Filmmaker Kiersten Dunbar Chace and Photojournalist Rushay Booysen / Sonja Georgi and Pia Wiegmink 13. When Home Meets Diaspora at the Door of No Return: Cinematic Encounters in Sankofa and Little Senegal / Heike Raphael-Hernandez 14. Of Plastic Ducks and Cockle Pickers: African Atlantic Artists and Critiques of Bonded Labor across Chronologies / Alan Rice 15. At Home, Online: Affective Exchange and the Diasporic Body in Ghanaian Internet Video / Reginold A. Royston Part 4 | Afrofabulation 16. Habeas Ficta: Fictive Ethnicity, Affecting Representations, and Slaves on Screen / Tavia Nyong’o 17. The Black Body as Photographic Image: Video Light in Postcolonial Jamaica / Krista Thompson 18. The Not-Yet Justice League: Fantasy, Redress, and Transatlantic Black History on the Comic Book Page / Darieck Scott List of Contributors Index
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University of Washington Press The Tao of Raven An Alaska Native Memoir
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The Tao of Raven is likely the most thoughtful book you’ll read all year, memoir or otherwise." -- Addley Fannin * Fairbanks Daily News-Miner *"The Tao of Raven: An Alaska Native Memoir is a beautifully written and almost hypnotic narrative. . . . Hayes artfully weaves Indigenous creation stories and the mischievous trickster figure of Raven, creating a type of magical realism. Her writing style is musical in nature, and when reading her work aloud, the timbre and cadence of the words are like a song." * NAIS Journal *"The Tao of Raven is beautifully written, both thoughtful and thought-provoking." -- Mary Catherine Martin * Capital City Weekly *"A multilayered narrative of remarkable creativity, historical understanding, philosophical insight, and empathy for all those who share the earth with us. . . . The Tao of Raven should be widely read, in and out of schools, if Alaskans are to understand something of what it means to belong to this place and the history that brings us to this moment in time and our relationships with one another. Ernestine Hayes is a gifted and gifting teacher, opening for us a box of light." -- Nancy Lord * Alaska Dispatch News *"In a lyrically intoxicating style, Ernestine Hayes crafts a . . . mesmerizing storytelling, an alternative world, that reveals as much, if not more, about how our society works, or does not work, for today’s Alaskan Native citizen. . . . Her bold study marries the tragedies of her life with the greater horrors perpetrated upon Alaskan Natives. . . . Hayes manages to wrangle a promising, optimistic tinged message as she closes out her autopsy of what has gone awry. In her inimitable, metaphorical style she voices cause for hope – a prayer that all is not forsaken." -- David Fox * Anchorage Press *Table of ContentsPrologue 1. Brown Bear Spins beneath the Darkly Spinning Stars 2. Wolves Sing like Old Women Keeping Anceint Songs 3. Regret and the Forest Are Patient Teachers 4. They Are Holding Everything for Us Acknowledgments
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