More Voices, New Stories: King County, Washington's First 150 Years

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Signed by Mary C. Wright (ed.) Michael Reese, Elizabeth Salas, Jacqueline B. Williams, Kay Reinartz, Robert S. Fisher, all on the title page. Contents include: Creation stories: rethinking the founding of Seattle, The Duwamish Valley pioneer in early King County history, The theatrical history of Seattle to 1930, Buddhism comes to Seattle, Mexican-American women politicians in Seattle, Building a Vietnamese Community from scratch: the first fifteeen years in King County. From the blurb: Twelve essays explore the history of Seattle and King County, Washington, with a special focus on social, cultural, and ethnic history. Adding a new perspective to knowledge of the Pacific Northwest, writers including University of Washington historians, independent scholars, and community activitists have dug in archives, interviewed community members, and researched far and wide to uncover new stories and offer new understandings of our collective past. Keywords: Twelve, Essays, Explore, History, Seattle, King County, Washington, Special Focus, Social, Cultural, Ehnic history. Adding, Perspective, Knowledge, Pacific Northwest, Writers, Including, University of Washington, Historians, Independent, Scholars, Community, Activitists, Dug, Archives, Interviewed, Community, Members, Researched, Uncover, Stories, Understandings, Collective past.Buddhism, Mexican-American, Creation Stories, Duwamish, Valley, Pioneer. …