Seattle From the Margins
Exclusion, Erasure, and the Making of a Pacific Coast City
University of Washington Press · Print & ebook · December 13, 2022
The creation of Seattle and the displacement of those who built it From the origins of the city in the mid-nineteenth century to the beginning of World War II, Seattle's urban workforce consisted overwhelmingly of migrant laborers who powered the seasonal, extractive economy of the Pacific Northwest.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in Seattle’s urban history and marginalized communities
- Themes
- Seattle’s urban development, Migrant labor, Marginalization and erasure
- Genres
- Pacific Northwest History, Asian American Studies, Labor & Industrial Relations
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The creation of Seattle and the displacement of those who built it From the origins of the city in the mid-nineteenth century to the beginning of World War II, Seattle's urban workforce consisted overwhelmingly of migrant laborers who powered the seasonal, extractive economy of the Pacific Northwest. Though the city benefitted from this mobile labor force?consisting largely of Indigenous peoples and Asian migrants?
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municipal authorities, elites, and reformers continually depicted these workers and the spaces they inhabited as troublesome and as impediments to urban progress. Today the physical landscape bears little evidence of their historical presence in the city. Tracing histories from unheralded sites such as labor camps, lumber towns, lodging houses, and so-called slums, Seattle from the Margins shows how migrant laborers worked alongside each other, competed over jobs, and forged unexpected alliances within the marine and coastal spaces of the Puget Sound. By uncovering the historical presence of marginalized groups and asserting their significance in the development of the city, Megan Asaka offers a deeper understanding of Seattle's complex past. Seattle from the Margins was made possible in part by a grant from 4Culture?s Heritage Program.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in Seattle’s urban history and marginalized communities
- Readers studying migrant labor in the Pacific Northwest
Where it sits
| Pacific Northwest History | 93% |
|---|---|
| Asian American Studies | 31% |
| Labor & Industrial Relations | 28% |
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Publisher categories
- Pacific Northwest History
- Native American Studies
- Asian American Studies
- Authors
- Megan Asaka
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Published
- December 13, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Seattle’s urban development · Migrant labor · Marginalization and erasure
- Reading lane
- Pacific Northwest History