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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Return to the Land of the Head Hunters
Edward S. Curtis, the Kwakwaka'wakw, and the Making of Modern Cinema
Offspring of Empire
Koch’ang Kims and the Colonial Origins of Korean Capitalism, 1876-1945
Confronting Memories of World War II
European and Asian Legacies
Family Revolution
Marital Strife in Contemporary Chinese Literature and Visual Culture
Yokohama, California
First published collection of short fiction by a Japanese American writer, showing the 1940s through linked stories.
Skookum Summer
A Novel of the Pacific Northwest
Hart weaves together a gripping and suspenseful plot with richly observed Pacific Northwest history and a vivid picture of a community on the brink of change.