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Go Down, Old Hannah
The Living History of African American Texans
By Naomi Mitchell Carrier; Introduction by John E. Fleming
University of Texas Press
A collection of 15 living history plays about key aspects of African American life commissioned by museums and historic sites in Texas.
El Lector
A History of the Cigar Factory Reader
By Araceli Tinajero; Translated by Judith E. Grasberg
University of Texas Press
An intriguing history of the hired readers who read to cigar factory workers in Cuba, Tampa, Key West, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.
The Chora of Metaponto 2
Archaeozoology at Pantanello and Five Other Sites
University of Texas Press
The second volume in a projected multi-volume series of archaeological site reports from southern Italy that will present a wealth of new information about the region’s ancient rural economy.
Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark
A Life of Service
By Mimi Clark Gronlund; Introduction by Ramsey Clark
University of Texas Press
This biography of the former Attorney General of the United States (1945–1949) and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1949–1967) provides important insights into the workings of the Supreme Court and the justices who served on it during arguably
Spanish Texas, 1519–1821
Revised Edition
University of Texas Press
A thoroughly revised and expanded edition of the authoritative history of Spanish Texas, which presents important new discoveries about Indians and women in early Texas.
Preparing the Mothers of Tomorrow
Education and Islam in Mandate Palestine
University of Texas Press
The first study to examine the education of Muslim girls in Palestine in the first half of the twentieth century.
Murder Was Not a Crime
Homicide and Power in the Roman Republic
University of Texas Press
This pathfinding study looks at how homicide was treated in Roman law from the Roman monarchy through the dictatorship of Sulla (ca. 753–79 BC) to show how criminal law can reveal important aspects of the nature and evolution of political power.
La Pinta
Chicana/o Prisoner Literature, Culture, and Politics
By B. V. Olguín
University of Texas Press
The first scholarly study of the interplay between Chicana/o prisoner culture and political activism from the nineteenth century to the present.
Houston Lost and Unbuilt
University of Texas Press
This fascinating look at what has been lost—and what might have been built—in Houston sounds a call to preserve Houston’s built heritage before more architectural treasures are lost forever.
Diodorus Siculus, The Persian Wars to the Fall of Athens
Books 11-14.34 (480-401 BCE)
Translated by Peter Green
University of Texas Press
By one of the foremost historians and translators in the field of Classics, Peter Green—an authoritative, modern translation of a long-neglected historian whose work covers the most vital century in ancient Greek history.
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