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Elisabeth L. Camerion is an assistant professor of art history at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

The first English translation of one of the most important law codes in Chinese history.

Donald Kuspit is professor of art history and philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Volume two of Gandharan Buddhist Texts, a series that presents editions and studies of the first-century A.D. birch bark scrolls in the British Library's Kharosthi manuscript collection. It describes the text found on two fragments which consititute the lower part of a scroll and consists of the remnants of three sutras. The book describes the condition of the scroll and its reconstruction, examines in detail the literary and textual backgroun...

A social history of Everett, Washington, from its earliest beginnings to the tragic and infamous event on November 5, 1916, which came to be known as the Everett Massacre.

In 1896, a small group of prospectors discovered a stunningly rich pocket of gold at the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon rivers, and in the following two years thousands of individuals traveled to the area, hoping to find wealth in a rugged and challenging setting. Ever since that time, the Klondike Gold Rush--especially as portrayed in photographs of long lines of gold seekers marching up Chilkoot Pass--has had a hold on the popular imag...

Joseph E. Taylor III is assistant professor of history at Iowa State University. An environmental historian specializing in fisheries, he has also worked in the commercial fisheries of the northeast Pacific and Bering Sea.Winner of the George Perkins Marsh Award, American Society for Environmental History

First published as Historic Preservation in Seattle in 1985 by the Historic Seattle Preservation and Development Authority, for which Kreisman is Program Directory. He describes the city's preservation programs, how they developed, the process of landmark designation, and the extent of protection offered landmark properties. Here he incorporates subsequent changes in funding, preservation battles lost, and court cases on properties, he also ex...

This new edition of the late Victor Steinbrueck's classic book celebrates the 25th anniversary of the passage of Seattle's Pike Place Market Initiative, which saved the market from the urban renewal wrecking ball.A monument to an unforgettable and significant part of Seattle. . . . this book should be read by all who would replace history with progress. It creates a mood of love and appreciation for all that the Market has been to so many peop...

Brings together two of Edo's colourful traditions, prints and kites. This book celebrates the significance of the mass-produced broadsheets known as ukiyo-e. It features illustrations from the Skinner Collection that are products of Tokugawa Edo and Meiji Tokyo. It is intended for kite aficionados and lovers of Japanese art.

Seattle Public Library's dazzling new Central Library, designed by renowned Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, prompted international notice even before the doors opened to this $159 million showplace. Yet Seattle Public Library's new prominence came after more than a century of tumult with many heroic struggles, from its itinerant existence in a pioneer boom town to its wired wonders in a world technology center. In "Place of Learning, Place of Dr...

These two Pacific Northwest architects are celebrated throughout the world.

Illuminates the real and imagined lives of Ton Duc Thang (1888-1980), a celebrated revolutionary activist and Vietnamese communist icon. This multifaceted study evaluates the official history of the Vietnamese Communist Part and presents a critical analysis of the inner workings of Vietnamese historiography.

Post-World War II Oregon was a place of optimism and growth, a spectacular natural region from ocean to high desert that seemingly provided opportunity in abundance. This title addresses efforts by individuals and groups within and outside the state to resolve these conflicts.

An account of the adventures and exploits of the pioneers who opened up Washington state's Olympic Peninsula to settlement, logging, industry, and tourism.

Aesop's Fables" combines 23 timeless morality tales with striking black ink drawings by the revered artist Jacob Lawrence. This new edition, completely redesigned and typeset, adds five illustrations Lawrence prepared for the original edition but which were not included in it.

Anthropologist Rodney Frey culminates a decade of work with the Schitsu'umsh (the Coeur d'Alene Indians of Idaho) in this portrait of the unique bonds between a people and the landscape of their traditional homeland. The result of an intensive collaboration between investigator and Native people, the book includes many traditional stories that invite the reader's participation in the world of the Schitsu'umsh. The Schitsu'umsh landscape of lak...

Throughout the history of the United States, the concepts of "land" and "the West" have fired the American imagination and fueled controversy. The essays in Land in the American West deal with complex, troublesome, and interrelated questions regarding land: Who owns it? Who has access to it? What happens when private rights infringe upon the public good, or when one ethnic group is pitted against another, or when there is a conflict between ec...

Examines the history and evolution of spruce-root basketry. This book describes traditional uses and forms, as well as changes in style when basketry became part of the souvenir trade that developed in the late 1880s. It also describes the heroic efforts of 20th century Haida and Tlingit teachers who kept the ancient traditions alive.

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