Miller (architecture, U. of Washington) gives plenty of examples of sustainable engineering and architecture practice, but he also allows for the spirit of the Northwest, informed by the trees, rain,
"I cracked up reading Shawn Wong's witty, tender, wise, and sexy new novel. His lovable but ambivalent protagonist collides memorably with a cast of female characters who are a welcome change from the
Schwantes (director, Institute for Pacific Northwest Studies and professor of history, U. of Idaho, and award-winning author of Railroad Signatures across the Pacific Northwest ) gathers about 200 hi
Written by an art historian and a professor of textiles, this text examines the improvisational nature of the American quilting tradition. The main part of the volume is devoted to a catalogue of quil
The work of contemporary Northwest Coast Native artist Bill Reid has long been recognized for its astute and eloquent analysis of Haida tradition. This volume contains 19 contributions from scholars,
These 17 illustrated essays describe the connections between objects, people and cultural identity. Although the objects are constantly changing, whether from exposure to new materials or technical ex
Whether they were gentlemen of science or proletarians who had to go to pubs to hear novels read to them, Victorians loved the exotic arctic and yet dreaded it as a place of death. Here Potter (Englis
By the end of the sixth century CE, both the royal courts and the educated elite in China were collecting works of art, particularly scrolls of calligraphy and paintings done by known artists. By the
Leiren (Scandinavian studies and Norwegian studies, U. of Washington) provides translations of six plays by Norwegian playwright Marcus Thrane (1817-1890). A labor leader and agitator, Thrane moved to
The Tsimshian people of coastal British Columbia use a system of hereditary name-titles in which names are treated as objects of inheritable wealth. Human agency and social status reside in names rath
