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.
Unpleasantries
Considerations of Difficult Questions
Native Students at Work
American Indian Labor and Sherman Institute's Outing Program, 1900-1945
The Portland Black Panthers
Empowering Albina and Remaking a City
Counterpunch
The Cultural Battles over Heavyweight Prizefighting in the American West
A fascinating look at early American boxing, Counterpunch provides an entertaining way to understand both the growth of the American West and the history of this popular—and controversial—sport.
Power Interrupted
Antiracist and Feminist Activism inside the United Nations
Sensitive Space
Fragmented Territory at the India-Bangladesh Border
Behind the Curve
Science and the Politics of Global Warming
Forest Under Story
Creative Inquiry in an Old-Growth Forest
Forest Under Story offers an illuminating and multifaceted way of understanding the ecology and significance of old-growth forests, and points the way toward a new kind of collaboration between the sciences and the humanities to better know and learn from special places.
Symbolic Immortality
The Tlingit Potlatch of the Nineteenth Century, Second Edition
Humanizing the Sacred
Sisters in Islam and the Struggle for Gender Justice in Malaysia
The Art Lover's Guide to Japanese Museums
From magnificent traditional arts to fascinating artist's houses and from sleek contemporary museums to idiosyncratic galleries, museums are the perfect gateway to discover Japan's culture both past and present.
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.
Enduring Conviction
Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice
Alaska’s Skyboys
Cowboy Pilots and the Myth of the Last Frontier
The Rising Tide of Color
Race, State Violence, and Radical Movements across the Pacific
In the Spirit of the Ancestors
Contemporary Northwest Coast Art at the Burke Museum
A celebration of contemporary Native American art.
