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Join us for a discussion of the new book “Seattle from the Margins” with author Megan Asaka, in conversation with Seattle Times columnist Naomi Ishisaka. Register now!
Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, 2:30 – 3:45 p.m.
https://post.spl.org/3gg6prV
About the Speaker:
"Seattle From the Margins: Exclusion, Erasure, and the Making of a Pacific Coast City" recognizes the marginalized communities who made Seattle what it is today.
This is the first book by Megan Asaka, assistant professor of history at the University of California, Riverside.
About the Book:
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 that consisted largely of Indigenous peoples and Asian migrants, 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. –UW Press
Following a presentation of the book, the author will be joined by Naomi Ishisaka, assistant managing editor and social justice columnist at The Seattle Times, for a Q&A with the audience.
Thanks to our partners, The Seattle Times, University of Washington Press and Elliott Bay Book Company.
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Parking is available in the Central Library garage (entrance on Spring Street) Paid parking at the Central Library | The Seattle Public Library (spl.org).
For registration information and other questions, email [email protected] or call 206-386-4636.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Seattle Public Library, Central Library, 1000 4th Ave,Seattle,WA,United States