Books

Whoop-up Country: The Canadian-American West, 1865-1885 Whoop-up Country The Canadian-American West, 1865-1885 Paul F. Sharp None None
Whose Hunger?: Concepts of Famine, Practices of Aid Whose Hunger? Concepts of Famine, Practices of Aid Jenny Edkins 2008 Fall
An analytical look at the ways we define and respond to famine.
Why I Am Not a Secularist Why I Am Not a Secularist William E. Connolly 2000 Fall
Challenges the limitations of traditional secularism.
Why We Left: Untold Stories and Songs of America's First Immigrants Why We Left Untold Stories and Songs of America's First Immigrants Brooks 2013 Spring
The myth-busting truth behind early English immigration to North America as told through traditional folk ballads
Why We Lost the Sex Wars: Sexual Freedom in the #MeToo Era Why We Lost the Sex Wars Sexual Freedom in the #MeToo Era Lorna N. Bracewell 2021 Spring
Reexamining feminist sexual politics since the 1970s—the rivalries and the remarkable alliances
Wicked Theory, Naked Practice: A Fred Ho Reader Wicked Theory, Naked Practice A Fred Ho Reader Fred Ho 2009 Spring
A leading Asian American artist and activist on the explosive intersection of politics and music
Wild Child: Intensive Parenting and Posthumanist Ethics Wild Child Intensive Parenting and Posthumanist Ethics Naomi Morgenstern 2018 Spring
Exploring how the figure of the “wild child” in contemporary fiction grapples with contemporary cultural anxieties about reproductive ethics and the future of humanity
Wild Ideas Wild Ideas David Rothenberg, Editor 1995 Fall
A new view of what’s “wild,” and a new path for environmentalism.
Wild Knowledge: Science, Language, and Social Life in a Fragile Environment Wild Knowledge Science, Language, and Social Life in a Fragile Environment Will Wright 1992 Spring
“A bold and timely challenge to our accepted notions of the connections between scientific knowledge, objectivity and our social and physical nature. . . . A polemical intervention into social and scientific theory that should be essential reading.” --David Frisby “In Wild Knowledge, Will Wright has once again played his strongest suit. In his examination of the scientific ethos he is savagely critical, yet the slave of no special polemic.” --Neil J. Smelser “An important book. Will Wright is an original and usefully idiosyncratic thinker.” --Evelyn Fox Keller
Wild Mares: My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life Wild Mares My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life Dianna Hunter 2018 Spring
A wry memoir of growing up, coming out, and going back to the land as a lesbian feminist in the rural Midwest of the 1960s and 70s
Wild Shore: Exploring Lake Superior by Kayak Wild Shore Exploring Lake Superior by Kayak Greg Breining 2002 Spring
A real-life adventure and journey of discovery on the greatest of the Great Lakes
Wilderness Days Wilderness Days Sigurd F. Olson 2012 Spring
A selection of Sigurd F. Olson’s finest writing on the splendor of the great outdoors, hand-picked by the master himself
Wildflowers of the Northern Great Plains Wildflowers of the Northern Great Plains F. R. Vance and F. A. Switzer 1999 Fall
A new edition of the essential guide to the flora of this region.
Wildlife in the Anthropocene: Conservation after Nature Wildlife in the Anthropocene Conservation after Nature Jamie Lorimer 2015 Spring
Considers the effects of the Anthropocene era on approaches to conservation
Will Teach for Food: Academic Labor in Crisis Will Teach for Food Academic Labor in Crisis Cary Nelson, Editor 1997 Spring
A compelling examination of the human cost of today’s corporate colleges and universities.
Willa Cather - American Writers 36: University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers Willa Cather - American Writers 36 University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers Dorothy Van Ghent 1964 Spring
William Carlos Williams - American Writers 24: University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers William Carlos Williams - American Writers 24 University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers John Malcolm Brinnin 1963 Spring
William Collins and Eighteenth-Century English Poetry William Collins and Eighteenth-Century English Poetry Richard Wendorf None None
William D. Howells - American Writers 63: University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers William D. Howells - American Writers 63 University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers William M. Gibson 1967 Fall
William Faulkner - American Writers 3: University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers William Faulkner - American Writers 3 University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers William Van O’Connor 1959 Fall