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 12-15, 2022, in San Antonio, TX.
We are pleased to offer WHA members a 30% discount on all orders placed through November 18, 2022. Enter promo code WWHA22 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. They have been working to transition their usual in-person conference appointments to virtual meetings by phone or Zoom. 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
We’ve curated a selection of our new and noteworthy books below, and you can find additional titles here.
New in Western History
A Drum in One Hand, a Sockeye in the Other
Stories of Indigenous Food Sovereignty from the Northwest Coast
$29.95
Paperback
208 Pages
Big Bob McEllrath and the ILWU’s Fight for Organized Labor in an Anti-Union Era
$30.00
Paperback
320 Pages
The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence
Introduced Infectious Diseases and Population Decline among Northwest Coast Indians, 1774-1874
$30.00
Paperback
428 Pages
The Forgotten World War II Story of Mexican Workers in the U.S. West
$30.00
Paperback
248 Pages
Heritage and Cultural Revitalization on the Lower Columbia River
$30.00
Paperback
256 Pages
The Cultural Battles over Heavyweight Prizefighting in the American West
$30.00
Paperback
256 Pages
Education at the Edge of Empire
Negotiating Pueblo Identity in New Mexico's Indian Boarding Schools
$30.00
Paperback
260 Pages
The Crusader, the Skeptic, and the Rise of Modern Seismology
$34.95
Hardcover
328 Pages
African Independence, Black Power, and a Diaspora Underground
$30.00
Paperback
252 Pages
American Indian Labor and Sherman Institute's Outing Program, 1900-1945
$30.00
Paperback
224 Pages
Gendered Politics and Racial Uplift in Interwar Japanese America
$30.00
Paperback
206 Pages
The Feminist Poetics and Transformative Ministry of Mitsuye Yamada and Michael Yasutake
$30.00
Paperback
272 Pages
Environment and Indigenous Power at the Center of Early America
$30.00
Paperback
294 Pages
Billy Gohl, Labor, and Brutal Times in the Pacific Northwest
$19.95
Paperback
296 Pages
Grand Ronde, Warm Springs, and Intertribal Relations in the Casino Era
$30.00
Paperback
224 Pages
Histories of Indian Sovereignty Suppressed and Renewed
$35.00
Paperback
424 Pages
Race, State Violence, and Radical Movements across the Pacific
$30.00
Paperback
320 Pages
Exclusion, Erasure, and the Making of a Pacific Coast City
$29.95
Hardcover
272 Pages
Native Nations and White Communities Join to Defend Rural Lands
$30.00
Paperback
392 Pages
Native Feminisms and the Revitalization of Women’s Coming-of-Age Ceremonies
$30.00
Paperback
208 Pages
