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The latest addition to the acclaimed series showcasing the best
sports writing from the past year For over twenty-five years, The
Best American Sports Writing has built a solid reputation by
showcasing the greatest sports journalism of the previous year,
culled from hundreds of national, regional, and specialty print and
digital publications. Each year, the series editor and guest editor
curates a truly exceptional collection. The only shared traits
among all these diverse styles, voices, and stories are the
extraordinarily high caliber of writing, and the pure passion they
tap into that can only come from sports.
Postmaster General James A Farley's famous toast "to the
forty-seven states and the soviet of Washington" introduces and
sets the tone for this study of Washington State radicalism. The
state's colorful reputation for radical movements was established
in the 1920s and 1930s by free speech fights, strikes, strong labor
organizations, and woman suffrage reforms. Charles LeWarne finds
the roots of this radicalism in the communitarian experiments of
the late nineteenth century. Through analyses of several of these
experiments, LeWarne demonstrates that the influence of a coterie
of liberals and radicals centered on Puget Sound in such
communities as Home, Burley, Freeland, Equality, and Port Angeles
was felt in the state long after the "utopias" they came to
colonize had ceased to exist. Probably the most famous of the
experiments was Home Colony on Joe's Bay near Tacoma. From a
nucleus of three families, Home grew to over two hundred residents
and lasted for more than twenty years. Its reputation for anarchism
and flamboyance contributed to a jail sentence conviction for one
editor of the Home newspaper for publishing an editorial called
"The Nude and the Prudes." Readers interested in current social
movements and lifestyles will find many enlightening parallels with
recent communal attempts, particularly the rejection of traditional
values and the belief in a perfectible world. Whatever the
differences within individual colonies, the communitarian ideal has
certain general characteristics that find their way into each of
these attempts to form a perfect society. Historians will welcome
this treatment of an important part of the social and cultural
history of the area. The book contains a mine of previously
scattered information on the subject. It is a delightful footnote
to the history of the Puget Sound region.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This revised, updated, and improved edition of the leading high
school textbook on Washington State history brings the reader from
the earliest known accounts of the region up to the present.
Incorporating the newest data from the 2000 census, LeWarne
presents a vivid and up-to-date portrait of the cultures and trends
that continue to shape Washington State. From the role of Native
American tribal governments to the administration of Governor Gary
Locke, he examines changes in the political arena including the
pivotal events of the 2000 elections. The book addresses a range of
ongoing social and economic issues, such as environmental
controversies, multiculturalism, and changes in the computer and
biotechnology industries. New and expanded material includes:
Kennewick Man The dot.coms, including Amazon Microsoft Governor
Gary Locke Makah whaling Salmon recovery Washington's multi-ethnic
communities Plus Updated statistical and general material
throughout, including latest census and elections Exercises have
been restructured to facilitate the use of partial chapters
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