University of Washington Press

A provocative retelling of shipwreck tales from the Northwest Coast

Wrecked

Unsettling Histories from the Graveyard of the Pacific

By Coll Thrush

A call to rethink our relationship with forests

The Trees Are Speaking

Dispatches from the Salmon Forests

By Lynda V. Mapes

How sun and sea air were prescribed as medicine on America's Eastern coast

The Beach Cure

A History of Healing on Northeastern Shores

By Megan Crnic

Muddying the divide between land and water

Amphibious Anthropologies

Living in Wet Environments

Edited by Alejandro Camargo, Luisa Cortesi and Franz Krause

Western imaginations of "Back East" rewrote America's cultural identity, shaping myths and realities alike

Back East

How Westerners Invented a Region

By Flannery Burke

Where statehood is contested, questions of identity and territory define the political landscape

Contested Taiwan

Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Party Formation

By Lev Nachman

Examines Swedish depictions of childhood that expose the country's colonial past and racial hierarchies

The Not-Quite Child

Colonial Histories, Racialization, and Swedish Exceptionalism

By Liina-Ly Roos

Offers a comprehensive insight into a group of world-recognized and celebrated artists

Yolŋu Power

The Art of Yirrkala

Edited by Cara Pinchbeck

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How Westerners Reimagined the American East: A Q&A with “Back East” Author Flannery Burke
Discover how Westerners reimagined the American East in Flannery Burke’s book, Back East. In this Q and A, Burke discusses regional identity, US historiography, and the cultural influence of the American West.
Amphibious Anthropologies: Q&A with Editors Alejandro Camargo, Luisa Cortesi, and Franz Krause
The multidisciplinary collection Amphibious Anthropologies: Living in Wet Environments brings together a global set of case studies, from Italy’s historic marshes to the tidal pools of the Bahamas, to show how living with unpredictable wetness has become crucial in the age of climate crisis. Editors Alejandro Camargo, Luisa Cortesi, and Franz Krause share more about […]