Western History Association

Welcome to our virtual landing page for the Western History Association conference. We would like to highlight our new books and share our conference discount during this year’s meeting, October 26-29 in Los Angeles, CA.

 

We are pleased to offer WHA members a 30% discount on all orders placed through December 2, 2023. Enter promo code WWHA23 at checkout through our website or by calling 1-800-537-5487.

 

Our acquisitions editors are eager to connect with current and prospective authors about new projects and book proposals.  If you have a project you’d like to discuss, please get in touch with one of our editors:

Larin McLaughlin, Editorial Director, lmclaugh@uw.edu

Critical ethnic studies; women’s, gender, and sexuality studies; Native and Indigenous studies; visual culture; and general interest books about the Pacific Northwest

 

Mike Baccam, Acquisitions Editor, mbaccam@uw.edu

Asian American studies; western US history; environmental history; and critical ethnic studies

Caitlin Tyler-Richards, Acquisitions Editor, ctylerri@uw.edu

Anthropology; Native and Indigenous studies; women’s, gender, and sexuality studies; and Asian studies

We’ve curated a selection of our new and noteworthy books below, and you can find additional titles here.

New in Western History

Settler Cannabis

Settler Cannabis

From Gold Rush to Green Rush in Indigenous Northern California

Kaitlin P. Reed, Charlotte Coté, Coll Thrush

$30.00

Paperback

308 Pages

Slapping Leather

Slapping Leather

Queer Cowfolx at the Gay Rodeo

Elyssa Ford, Rebecca Scofield

$29.95

Paperback

288 Pages

Capturing Glaciers

Capturing Glaciers

A History of Repeat Photography and Global Warming

Dani Inkpen, Paul S. Sutter, Paul S. Sutter

$30.00

Paperback

270 Pages

Island X

Island X

Taiwanese Student Migrants, Campus Spies, and Cold War Activism

Wendy Cheng

$30.00

Paperback

270 Pages

A Drum in One Hand, a Sockeye in the Other

A Drum in One Hand, a Sockeye in the Other

Stories of Indigenous Food Sovereignty from the Northwest Coast

Charlotte Coté

$29.95

Paperback

208 Pages

People of the Ecotone

People of the Ecotone

Environment and Indigenous Power at the Center of Early America

Robert Michael Morrissey, Paul S. Sutter, Paul S. Sutter

$30.00

Paperback

294 Pages

Wide-Open Desert

Wide-Open Desert

A Queer History of New Mexico

Jordan Biro Walters

$30.00

Paperback

304 Pages

Cherokee Earth Dwellers

Cherokee Earth Dwellers

Stories and Teachings of the Natural World

Christopher B. Teuton, Loretta Shade, Hastings Shade, Larry Shade, MaryBeth Timothy

$34.95

Paperback

296 Pages

Black Lives in Alaska

Black Lives in Alaska

A History of African Americans in the Far Northwest

Ian C. Hartman, David Reamer, Calvin E. Williams

$24.95

Paperback

304 Pages

Bellwether Histories

Bellwether Histories

Animals, Humans, and US Environments in Crisis

Susan Nance, Jennifer Marks

$30.00

Paperback

256 Pages

Resisting the Nuclear

Resisting the Nuclear

Art and Activism across the Pacific

Elyssa Faison, Alison Fields, Laura Kina

$35.00

Paperback

344 Pages

Seattle from the Margins

Seattle from the Margins

Exclusion, Erasure, and the Making of a Pacific Coast City

Megan Asaka

$24.95

Paperback

272 Pages