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Waves of Belonging

Indigeneity, Race, and Gender in the Surfing Lineup

By Lydia Heberling, David Kamper, Jess Ponting

Showcases surfing as a site of social belonging and power formation

The surf zone—the place between ocean and shore—offers a powerful space to reflect on the dynamic contemporary politics of our worlds. Surfing always occurs on...

Seattle Walks

Discovering History and Nature in the City

By David B. Williams

An updated and expanded new edition of the definitive walking guide to Seattle

One of America's most walkable cities, Seattle rewards urban trekkers with expansive scenery and architectural and historical riches. The second edition of this...

Biking Uphill in the Rain

The Story of Seattle from behind the Handlebars

Finalist for the 2024 Washington State Book Award in General Nonfiction

The rise of an improbable bike culture in the Emerald City

Seattle was recently named the best bike city in the United States by Bicycling magazine....

Chinese Characters across Asia

How the Chinese Script Came to Write Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese

By Zev Handel

A fascinating story of writing across cultures and time

While other ancient nonalphabetic scripts—Sumerian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Mayan hieroglyphs—are long extinct, Chinese characters, invented over three thousand years ago, are today used by well over...

The Great Commentary on the Documents Classic / Shangshu dazhuan尚書大傳

By Fan Lin, Griet Vankeerberghen

An early commentary on one of the Chinese Five Classics

The Documents classic (Shangshu) was central to the political life of imperial China. This owed much to the lively commentarial activity surrounding the text in the...

Reenvisioning Histories of American Art

Transforming Museum Practice

By Jami C. Powell, Michael Hartman

How museums are changing to embrace a more inclusive vision of American art

US museums have faced increasing pressure to reckon with their histories in light of movements against racism, violence, and the erosion of human...

Satirical Tibet

The Politics of Humor in Contemporary Amdo

By Timothy Thurston. Foreword by Stevan Harrell

What does comedy look like when the wrong punchline can land you in jail?

Humor has long been a vital, if underrecognized, component of Tibetan life. In recent years, alongside well-publicized struggles for religious freedom and...

Necropolitics of the Ordinary

Death and Grieving in Contemporary Singapore

By Ruth E. Toulson

Can a state make its people forget the dead?

Cemeteries have become sites of acute political contestation in the city-state of Singapore. Confronted with high population density and rapid economic growth, the government has ordered the...

Stomp and Shout

R&B and the Origins of Northwest Rock and Roll

Finalist for the 2024 Washington State Book Award in General Nonfiction

Parking lot rumbles, teen dance riots, and the rise of the Northwest Sound

Long before the world discovered grunge, the Pacific Northwest was already home to...

Crafting a Tibetan Terroir

Winemaking in Shangri-La

By Brendan A. Galipeau. Foreword by K. Sivaramakrishnan

How wine has transformed Tibetan land and lives

Set in the Sino-Tibetan border region renamed "Shangri-La" by the Chinese government for tourism promotion, Crafting a Tibetan Terroir considers how the deployment of the French notion of...

Caring for Caregivers

Filipina Migrant Workers and Community Building during Crisis

By Valerie Francisco-Menchavez

A transformative look at the lives of Filipina care workers and their mutual aid practices

Migrant workers have long been called upon to sacrifice their own health to provide care in facilities and private homes throughout...

India's Mithila Painting

By David L. Szanton, Paula Richman

A woman's art form transforms from home to high art

Since at least the fifteenth century, Hindu women in the Mithila region of northern India have been painting images of deities, flora and fauna symbolizing fertility...

Odyssey of a Seattle Native Son

By Carver Clark Gayton

The autobiography of a local and national leader in education and civil rights

Carver Clark Gayton’s story bears witness to Seattle’s experience of race and the importance of family, teachers, teamwork, and building bridges in the...

Cao Fei

My City Is Yours

By Ruby Arrowsmith-Todd, Yin Cao

Discover the surreal humor and cyber futurism of Cao Fei's visionary art

Cao Fei is one of the most innovative artists to have emerged on the international stage, known for work that charts the breakneck urbanization,...

Nusra Latif Qureshi

Birds in Far Pavilions

By Matt Cox

A richly illustrated publication examining the artist's process, inspirations, and significance

Nusra Latif Qureshi is a Melbourne-based artist best known for her finely crafted contemporary musaviri, or miniature paintings. Drawing on both historical and contemporary references,...

Modern Architecture of Curaçao

The DoCoMoMo Movement, 1930-1960

By Michael Newton

Modernism is an important architectural style in which technological innovations are used for social purposes. The Curaçao chapter of the nonprofit organization DoCoMoMo (Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement), dedicated to documenting and conserving...

Bronze Mirrors in Ancient China

Artistry and Technique

By Kin Sum Li

Examines mass production in antiquity

Highly decorated mirrors are widely sought by museums with collections of Chinese art and are the most actively exchanged items in the art market of ancient Chinese bronzes. Featuring intricate designs...

Indigenizing California Mission Art and Architecture

By Yve Chavez

Examines how native artists kept their culture alive by creatively adapting under colonial rule

Between 1769 and 1823, the Franciscans established twenty-one missions in California, colonizing the ancestral territories of many Native communities between present-day Sonoma...

A Gāndhārī Abhidharma Text

British Library Kharosthī Fragment 28

By Collett Cox

Early Buddhist manuscript recording a previously unknown scholastic text about existence

This volume offers a transcription, edition, translation, and analysis of a previously unknown scholastic text, an important discovery for scholars of early Indian Buddhist doctrine....

Ethel Carrick

By Deborah Hart

A striking retrospective catalog

This publication explores and celebrates a remarkable artist who contributed significantly to Australian and international art for over fifty years. Carrick’s work radiates with luminous light, color, and energy, predominantly focusing on...