[WSCSS] New books University of Washington Press

[Beth Deweese]

University of Washington Press has recently published several books that may
be of interest to Social Studies teachers:

 

B Street

The Notorious Playground of Coulee Dam

By Lawney L. Reyes

This heartfelt memoir recreates the street where the workmen who built the
Grand Coulee Dam spent their recreational hours and wages. A vivid story of
a colorful era, the book offers the perspective of the Indians whose
villages were flooded and whose way of life was irrevocably changed by the
building of the Grand Coulee Dam.

 

DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism

Classic Texts

Edited by Thomas R. Dunlap

No single event played a greater role in the birth of modern
environmentalism than the publication of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" and
its assault on insecticides. The documents collected here trace shifting
attitudes toward DDT, and pesticides in general, through a variety of
sources: excerpts from scientific studies and government reports,
advertisements from industry journals, articles from popular magazines, and
more.

 

More information about both of these books is available at:
http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/

To celebrate our redesigned website, UW Press is offering 20% off all books
purchased on our site through December 31.

 

Beth DeWeese

Direct Marketing Manager

University of Washington Press

PO Box 50096 

Seattle, WA 98145-5096

206-221-5890 tel; 206-543-3932 fax

 

Order books at 1-800-537-5487 or on our website:

www.washington.edu/uwpress

 

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