Fall 2019
Leading the Crimson and Gray
A review of an anthology of biographies of WSU's first ten presidents, published by WSU Press. » More ...
WSU Press
Fall 2019
Nowhere to Remember: Hanford, White Bluffs, and Richland to 1943
Review of "Nowhere to Remember: Hanford, White Bluffs, and Richland to 1943," by Robert Bauman and Robert Franklin and published by WSU Press in 2018. » More ...
Fall 2019
Interwoven Lives: Indigenous Mothers of Salish Coast Communities
Review of "Interwoven Lives: Indigenous Mothers of Salish Coast Communities," by Candace Wellman and published by WSU Press in 2018. » More ...
Fall 2019
Low Dose Radiation: The History of the U.S. Department of Energy Research Programs
Review of "Low Dose Radiation: The History of the U.S. Department of Energy Research Programs," by Antone L. Brooks and published by WSU Press in 2018. » More ...
Fall 2019
Citizen Jean: Riots, Rogues, Rumors, and Other Inside Seattle Stories
Review of "Citizen Jean: Riots, Rogues, Rumors, and Other Inside Seattle Stories," by Jean Godden and published by WSU Press in 2019. » More ...
Spring 2019
Monumental Seattle: The Stories behind the City’s Statues, Memorials, and Markers
Review of book, Monumental Seattle: The Stories behind the City’s Statues, Memorials, and Markers, by Robert Spalding and published by WSU Press » More ...
Spring 2019
Briefly noted
Brief reviews of books by WSU alumni, faculty, and the WSU Press, including "Governing the Evergreen State: Political Life in Washington," "Sponge Cake: A Mostly Made Up Story About A Completely Insane Town," "What’s in the Fridge?" and "52 Seattle Adventures With Kids: A four-season guide" » More ...
Winter 2018
Spirit in the Rock: The Fierce Battle for Modoc Homelands
Jim Compton
WSU Press: 2017
Descending a great bluff towering above an endless sea of black in early 1873, the militiamen clench their rifles tighter as they wade into a thick gray fog among southern Oregon lava beds. A deafening crack and the flash of gunpowder pierces the dense mist. War paint-clad Modoc snipers poke their muzzles out between cracks in the blackened rock and fire unseen upon their adversaries. The bewildered U.S. troops search frantically through the … » More …
Winter 2018
Complexity in a Ditch: Bringing Water to the Idaho Desert
Hugh T. Lovin ’56 MA History
WSU Press: 2017
Growing up on a farm near Inkom, Idaho, the young Hugh Lovin would engineer ways to divert water to the crops he produced for his livestock. Later in life, after years of writing histories of labor, Lovin turned his attention again to irrigation. In a number of articles, collected for the first time in this volume, he traced the history of the “dreamers, schemers, and doers” who brought water … » More …
Fall 2016
Spirit of ’25
When the United States formally became a nation in 1787, everyone involved, from George Washington down, knew there was a piece missing. The nation might be bound together by a Constitution, but it actually remained a conglomeration of states, religions, ethnicities, regions and cultures. The lack of national unity was a serious threat, as the Civil War would demonstrate.
But how do you create national feeling? As twentieth-century philosopher Allen Bloom put it: “How do you get from individuals to a people, that is, from persons who care only for their particular good to a community of citizens who subordinate their good to the common … » More …