University of Washington Press
The University of Washington Press (UWP) is the nonprofit book and multimedia publishing arm of the University of Washington. The Press has published approximately 4,400 books, of which about 1,400 are currently in print. From the beginning, the Press has reflected the University’s major academic strengths. Building on those strengths, the Press has achieved recognition as the leading publisher of scholarly books and distinguished works of regional nonfiction in the Pacific Northwest. The Press has especially distinguished lists in Asian studies, Middle East studies, anthropology, Western history and biography, environmental studies, and natural history.
My Fight for a New Taiwan
One Woman's Journey from Prison to Power
Citizen 13660
Return to the Land of the Head Hunters
Edward S. Curtis, the Kwakwaka'wakw, and the Making of Modern Cinema
A Landscape of Travel
The Work of Tourism in Rural Ethnic China
Daughter of Good Fortune
A Chinese Peasant Memoir
The only book-length account by a peasant woman of life in post-revolutionary China, very engagingly written with strong text potential.
Mary Randlett Landscapes
Mary Randlett's photographic vision of the Northwest is big-hearted, intricate, and tender – and fully inhabited by the animals, tides, forests, mountains, and spirits that dwell there – and these magnificent photographs are accompanied by text that sheds light on the artist and her work.
No-No Boy
The first new edition of No-No Boy since 1979 presents this important work to another generations of readers.
Wilderburbs
Communities on Nature’s Edge
By looking at wilderburbs in the West, especially those in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, Bramwell uncovers the profound environmental consequences of Americans’ desire to live in the wilderness.
Mary Randlett Portraits
A curated collection of ninety photographs from the more than six hundred portraits she took of Northwest artists, writers, and cultural luminaries, Mary Randlett Portraits documents the region's artistic legacy through one woman's camera lens.
Swallowing Clouds
A Playful Journey through Chinese Culture, Language, and Cuisine
Cities of the Dead
The Ancestral Cemeteries of Kyrgyzstan
Architecturally unique, Kyrgyzstan’s dramatically sited cemeteries reveal the complex nature of the Kyrgyz people’s religious and cultural identities.
Northwest Coast Indian Art
An Analysis of Form, New and Updated 50th Anniversary Edition
Now in full colour to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this classic titles, Northwest Coast Indian Art celebrates the masterworks of Native American artists throughout the region.
Natural Magic
Salt Prints in North America
This book offers new views on the use and employment of the salted paper print in North America.
Desert Exile
The Uprooting of a Japanese American Family
Stars for Freedom
Hollywood, Black Celebrities, and the Civil Rights Movement
Impressions of Paris
Lautrec, Degas, Daumier
Impressions of Paris considers the significant role of three artists in the development of nineteenth-century art in France.
Gender and Chinese History
Transformative Encounters
In the Spirit of the Ancestors
Contemporary Northwest Coast Art at the Burke Museum
A celebration of contemporary Native American art.
South Korea's Education Exodus
The Life and Times of Study Abroad
The Rising Tide of Color
Race, State Violence, and Radical Movements across the Pacific
Alaska’s Skyboys
Cowboy Pilots and the Myth of the Last Frontier
Time and Place Are Nonsense
The Films of Seijun Suzuki
Analyzes film director Seijun Suzuki's career in light of the cultural and political turmoil of post-World War II Japan.
Black Women in Sequence
Re-inking Comics, Graphic Novels, and Anime
Black Women in Sequence takes readers on a search for women of African descent in comics subculture.
