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The Man Who Wrote the Perfect Novel
John Williams, Stoner, and the Writing Life
University of Texas Press
This biography by the New York Times best-selling author of Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee traces the life of National Book Award-winning novelist John Williams, author of the cult classic novel Stoner.
Border Citizens
The Making of Indians, Mexicans, and Anglos in Arizona
By Eric V. Meeks; Introduction by Patricia Nelson Limerick
University of Texas Press
A detailed and insightful look at one hundred years of politics, culture, and racial identity among diverse ethnic groups in south-central Arizona.
Medal Winners
How the Vietnam War Launched Nobel Careers
University of Texas Press, University of Texas Health Press
Examining an uplifting and unexpected outcome of a dark period in American history, this book shows how the Vietnam War made the National Institutes of Health an unparalleled training ground for trailblazing scientists.
Kalima wa Nagham
A Textbook for Teaching Arabic, Volume 3
University of Texas Press
This textbook presents an innovative Teaching Arabic as Foreign Language (TAFL) curriculum that enhances language learning and builds cultural awareness.
No Way but to Fight
George Foreman and the Business of Boxing
University of Texas Press
The first biography of the heavyweight boxing champion, preacher, and celebrity pitchman who fought his way out of urban poverty and through the venal world of prizefighting to make it in America.
Michael Ray Charles
A Retrospective
University of Texas Press
Featuring more than one hundred-and-fifty color images, this is the first in-depth examination of the work of Michael Ray Charles, whose provocative paintings recast images of racism in consumer culture.
meXicana Fashions
Politics, Self-Adornment, and Identity Construction
Edited by Aída Hurtado and Norma E. Cantú
University of Texas Press
Fifteen scholars examine the social identities, class hierarchies, regionalisms, and other codes of communication that are exhibited or perceived in meXicana clothing styles.
Cetamura del Chianti
University of Texas Press
A rare glimpse into an ancient Etruscan community that provides evidence for how smaller communities could flourish despite centuries of nearby wars with the Romans.
Agent of Change
Adela Sloss-Vento, Mexican American Civil Rights Activist and Texas Feminist
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive biography of a formidable civil rights activist and feminist whose grassroots organizing in Texas made her an influential voice in the fight for equal rights for Mexican Americans.
Against Abstraction
Notes from an Ex-Latin Americanist
University of Texas Press
In a deeply personal, genre-bending work, the critical theorist reflects on his career, from his emigration from Spain to pursue doctoral studies to his thirty years of immersion in the capricious tides of academia.
Clio's Laws
On History and Language
By Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo; Translated by Mary Ellen Fieweger
University of Texas Press
A thought-provoking collection that explores the process of perceiving and writing about history, nationalism, and identity.
Egypt's Beer
Stella, Identity, and the Modern State
By Omar D. Foda
University of Texas Press
The lively story of an iconic beer brand, whose tumultuous business history illuminates the cultural transformations of Egypt over the last century.
Strength Coaching in America
A History of the Innovation That Transformed Sports
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive history of the social shifts and scientific discoveries that transformed weight lifting from a scorned folly to the ultimate game changer for professional athletes.
Comics and Pop Culture
Adaptation from Panel to Frame
Edited by Barry Keith Grant and Scott Henderson
University of Texas Press
This engaging collection explores the multi-media intersections of comics, film, television, and popular culture over the last century, ranging from Felix the Cat to Black Panther.
Caught in the Path of Katrina
A Survey of the Hurricane's Human Effects
By J. Steven Picou and Keith Nicholls
University of Texas Press
Drawing on the accounts of more than twenty-five hundred Katrina survivors, two researchers provide a rare longitudinal look at the hurricane’s financial, social, psychological, and physical impacts.
Students of Revolution
Youth, Protest, and Coalition Building in Somoza-Era Nicaragua
University of Texas Press
An illuminating examination of the role students played in promoting dissent and spreading revolutionary ideas in Nicaragua during the Cold War.
Quinceañera Style
Social Belonging and Latinx Consumer Identities
University of Texas Press
A dynamic study of social negotiation and consumerism in the coming-of-age quinceañera celebration and the impact of normalizing spectacles of luxury.
Dakotah
The Return of the Future
By Charles Bowden; Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams
University of Texas Press
In this fourth volume of his “Unnatural History of America” series, acclaimed journalist Charles Bowden interweaves his own biography with a vivid history of the American Great Plains to explore how identity is forged.
America's Most Alarming Writer
Essays on the Life and Work of Charles Bowden
Edited by Bill Broyles and Bruce J. Dinges
University of Texas Press
A collection of fifty inspiring reflections on the life and work of award-winning writer Charles Bowden, with contributors who include his editors, collaborators, and admiring writers—and a coda from Bowden himself.
Acting Egyptian
Theater, Identity, and Political Culture in Cairo, 1869–1930
University of Texas Press
Putting the spotlight on theatrical performance and cultural identity in Cairo at the turn of the last century, a historian reveals new aspects of the transition from the Ottoman to the British regimes on Egypt’s path to self-rule.
Why Lhasa de Sela Matters
By Fred Goodman
University of Texas Press
The first biography of the timeless bohemian world-music chanteuse who dazzled audiences around the globe and charted exhilarating new musical territory before her tragic death at thirty-seven.
All New, All Different?
A History of Race and the American Superhero
University of Texas Press
An eye-opening exploration of the relationship between racial attitudes and the evolution of the superhero in America, from Superman’s debut in 1938 through the Civil Rights era and contemporary reinventions.
Engendering Revolution
Women, Unpaid Labor, and Maternalism in Bolivarian Venezuela
University of Texas Press
The first in-depth study of the overlooked yet pivotal role played by maternalism, poor and working-class women’s unpaid labor, and unequal gender power relations in propelling and sustaining Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution.
Texas Seafood
A Cookbook and Comprehensive Guide
University of Texas Press
A sumptuous cookbook and illustrated guide to identifying, catching, buying, cooking, and savoring more than two hundred species of fish and seafood from the Texas Gulf.
Biscuits, the Dole, and Nodding Donkeys
Texas Politics, 1929-1932
University of Texas Press
In his deeply researched sequel to Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug, a master storyteller of Texas politics brings to life pivotal moments of backroom wrangling, economic crashes, and aftershocks still felt nearly a century later.
Road Sides
An Illustrated Companion to Dining and Driving in the American South
University of Texas Press
An illustrated A-to-Z companion for discovering the history, cuisine, and landmarks of a southern road trip.
The Eye of the Mammoth
New and Selected Essays
By Stephen Harrigan; Introduction by Nicholas Lemann
University of Texas Press
By the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling novels The Gates of the Alamo and Remember Ben Clayton, here is the definitive, career-spanning collection of nonfiction from one of America’s leading writers, Stephen Harrigan.
Big Wonderful Thing
A History of Texas
University of Texas Press
A tour de force by a New York Times best-selling author and master storyteller who captures the rich history of a state that sits at the center of the nation, yet defiantly stands apart.
Bea Nettles
Harvest of Memory
Edited by Jamie M. Allen and Olivia Lahs-Gonzales
University of Texas Press
A survey of ground-breaking mixed-media photography, spanning a half century of innovative perspectives that push the boundaries of how we define photography.
The Florentine Codex
An Encyclopedia of the Nahua World in Sixteenth-Century Mexico
Edited by Jeanette Favrot Peterson and Kevin Terraciano
University of Texas Press
Scholars explore the most significant trove of Nahua culture and language: an illustrated manuscript compiled after the Spanish conquest by a Franciscan friar with many indigenous authors and painters.
Earl Campbell
Yards after Contact
By Asher Price
University of Texas Press
A fascinating biography of the legendary Texas football star who earned the Heisman Trophy and an MVP award—while making wrenching sacrifices to achieve his record-setting greatness.
The Value of Aesthetics
Oaxacan Woodcarvers in Global Economies of Culture
By Alanna Cant
University of Texas Press
An ethnographic study of the economic and cultural impact of aesthetics, focusing on an internationally renowned workshop where Oaxacan woodcarvings, or alebrijes, are highly profitable.
Television Rewired
The Rise of the Auteur Series
University of Texas Press
From Twin Peaks (including the 2017 return) to Girls, a veteran critic and scholar draws on decades of industry expertise and exclusive interviews with renowned creators to examine the rise of art television.
Mushrooms of the Gulf Coast States
A Field Guide to Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida
University of Texas Press
The first book devoted to the nearly 1,400 mushroom species found in the five-state Gulf Coast region—with more than 650 color illustrations and dichotomous identification keys that will delight foragers, cooks, and scholars alike.
Trail of Footprints
A History of Indigenous Maps from Viceregal Mexico
By Alex Hidalgo
University of Texas Press
This study explores how postconquest Mexican indigenous communities used maps to defend prized lands, to create a visual and social history of life before the Spanish, and to record knowledge of pre-Columbian plants.
Millennials in Architecture
Generations, Disruption, and the Legacy of a Profession
University of Texas Press
The first book to explore the impact of the newest generation of architects—with a call for firms and educators to foster leadership in Millennials, tapping their innovative capacity to shape the twenty-first century.
Graphic Memories of the Civil Rights Movement
Reframing History in Comics
By Jorge Santos
University of Texas Press
A study of five graphic novels or memoirs that have reshaped the narrative of civil rights in America—and an examination of the format’s power to allow readers to participate in the memory-making process.
Human Matter
A Fiction
By Rodrigo Rey Rosa; Translated by Eduardo Aparicio
University of Texas Press
In this provocative novel from an award-winning Guatemalan storyteller, a fiction writer dangerously delves into the long-buried National Police archive, exposing the legacies of systematic brutality and resistance.
Accountability Across Borders
Migrant Rights in North America
Edited by Xóchitl Bada and Shannon Gleeson
University of Texas Press
A timely, transnational examination of the institutions in Mexico, Canada, and the United States that engage migrant populations in becoming agents of change for immigrant rights while holding government authorities accountable.
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