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America's Nuclear Wastelands (Paperback)
Politics, Accountability, and Cleanup
Max S. Power
In
America's Nuclear Wastelands
, Max S. Power uses non-technical language to present a brief overview of nuclear weapons history and contamination issues, as well as a description of the institutional and political environment. He provides a background for understanding the major value conflicts and associated political dynamics, and makes recommendations for navigating long-term stewardship, but his key purpose is to demonstrate the critical role of public participation, and in so doing, encourage citizens to take action regarding local and national policies related to nuclear production and waste disposal.
Photographs • maps • notes • bibliography • index • 5½" x 8¼" • 216 pages
Environment/Contemporary Issues
Price :
US$19.95
Color (Paperback)
Latino Voices in the Pacific Northwest
Lorane A. West
Based on exchanges she witnessed through her work as an interpreter and advocate for Spanish-speaking immigrants, Lorane A. West's poignant accounts paint a very real picture of their lives, illuminate cultural differences, and give Americans a glimpse of themselves that may both surprise and challenge.
6" x 9" • 176 pages (2004)
Multicultural Themes/Northwest Culture/Contemporary Issues
Price :
US$14.95
Desert Wings (Paperback)
Controversy in the Idaho Desert
Niels Sparre Nokkentved
Desert Wings
tells the contentious story of how the U.S. military and high-ranking federal and state politicians attempted to secure a bombing range in the fragile canyonlands of southwest Idaho beginning in 1989. Nokkentved gives a riveting account of the events and the people involved in the controversy and its final resolution.
Photographs • maps • notes • 6" x 9" • 160 pages (2001)
Nature/Environment/Contemporary Issues/Idaho
Price :
US$12.95
Fields of Toil (Paperback)
A Migrant Family’s Journey
Isabel Valle
As a newspaper reporter on special assignment, Isabel Valle lived and traveled with a migrant family for an entire year. WSU Press, in collaboration with the
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
, compiled her award-winning reports in this dramatic book.
Photographs • map • index • 6" x 9" • 240 pages (1994)
Multicultural Themes/Contemporary Issues
Price :
US$14.95
In God's Country (Spiral)
The Patriot Movement and the Pacific Northwest
David A. Neiwert
Covering militia activity in the Northwest, this book is based on interviews with Patriot extremists and gives readers an understanding of their motivations by allowing them to speak for themselves.
Illustrations • photographs • notes • index • 6" x 9" • 384 pages (1999)
Northwest Culture/Contemporary Issues
Price :
US$40.00
The Funhouse Mirror (paperback)
Reflections on Prison
Robert Ellis Gordon
Robert Ellis Gordon's account of teaching writing in Washington prisons is aided by essays and stories contributed by the prisoners themselves. Together, Gordon and his students provide revealing glimpses of the vast, secret-laden subculture of incarcerated individuals, which nationwide comprises more than two million U.S. citizens.
6" x 9" • 132 pages (2000)
Contemporary Issues
Price :
US$16.95
Toward a Peaceable Future (Paperback)
Redefining Peace, Security, and Kyosei from a Multidisciplinary Perspective
Edited by Yoichiro Murakami, Noriko Kawamura, and Shin Chiba
In a pioneering cross-cultural, transnational, and multifaceted endeavor, Japanese and American scholars from various disciplines jointly explore challenging questions by redefining the three key concepts of "peace, security and kyosei." The book offers new perspectives for inter-disciplinary peace studies and stimulates a public dialogue on how to shape a safer and more peaceful future for individuals, communities, and nations. International Christian University (Japan) and Washington State University
Illustrations • notes • references • 6" x 9" • 264 pages (2005)
Multicultural Themes
Price :
US$24.95
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