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 24-27 in Kansas City, MO.

 

We are pleased to offer WHA members a 30% discount on all orders placed through November 30, 2024. Enter promo code WWHA24 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

Refusing Settler Domesticity

Refusing Settler Domesticity

Native Women's Labor and Resistance in the Bay Area Outing Program

Caitlin Keliiaa, Charlotte Coté, Coll Thrush

$30.00

Paperback

298 Pages

Nature Unfurled

Nature Unfurled

Asian American Environmental Histories

Connie Y. Chiang

$30.00

Paperback

290 Pages

Wide-Open Desert

Wide-Open Desert

A Queer History of New Mexico

Jordan Biro Walters

$30.00

Paperback

304 Pages

Caring for Caregivers

Caring for Caregivers

Filipina Migrant Workers and Community Building during Crisis

Valerie Francisco-Menchavez, Robyn Magalit Rodriguez

$30.00

Paperback

224 Pages

Oregon

Oregon's Others

Gender, Civil Liberties, and the Surveillance State in the Early Twentieth Century

Kimberly Jensen

$30.00

Paperback

348 Pages

Alaska Native Resilience

Alaska Native Resilience

Voices from World War II

Holly Miowak Guise

$30.00

Paperback

300 Pages

Treaty Justice

Treaty Justice

The Northwest Tribes, the Boldt Decision, and the Recognition of Fishing Rights

Charles Wilkinson

$34.95

Hardcover

376 Pages

Unrecognized in California

Unrecognized in California

Federal Acknowledgment and the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians

Olivia Chilcote, Coll Thrush, Charlotte Coté

$30.00

Paperback

218 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

Cleaning Up the Bomb Factory

Cleaning Up the Bomb Factory

Grassroots Activism and Nuclear Waste in the Midwest

Casey A. Huegel, Paul S. Sutter, Paul S. Sutter

$30.00

Paperback

328 Pages

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