"Asaka's in-depth research, graceful prose, and expert analysis not only reinterprets Seattle's history but provides a model for urban historians." This article develops the concept of erasure to understand the contemporary memory of Yesler Terrace, a New Deal–era public housing project in Seattle, and why this memory diverges so sharply from the history revealed in...

"My name is Carlos, not Carl," young Carlos Cortés told the teacher at his new school, just before being sent to the principal's office. Seven decades later, Professor Emeritus Cortés emphasizes the importance of embracing one's full background across ethnicity, birthplace, language, and religion. He shares with us the need to honor cultural identity and...

"This article provides a different view of Apalachees in the eighteenth century southeast—not as the victims of English settlers and Creek slavers, but as agents in their own right, who used mobility to maintain their culture and traditions in ways that previous historians have overlooked." READ Article The Bolton-Cutter Award is a $500 prize given...