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The Conscience of the University, and Other Essays
By Harry Huntt Ransom; Edited by Hazel H. Ransom
University of Texas Press
A collection of essays on the role of higher education in society.
Miners, Merchants, and Farmers in Colonial Colombia
By Ann Twinam
University of Texas Press
Why a particular region in Colombia played such a strong role in the country's economic history.
Maya Glyphs
The Verbs
By Linda Schele
University of Texas Press
A comprehensive study of the verb morphology and syntax of the Maya writing system.
Boss Rule in South Texas
The Progressive Era
By Evan Anders
University of Texas Press
This book tells the story of four men and the county rings they shaped in South Texas during the Progressive Era.
Bark Beetles in North American Conifers
A System for the Study of Evolutionary Biology
Edited by Jeffry B. Mitton and Kareen B. Sturgeon
University of Texas Press
This book brings together in one volume both theory and a wealth of empirical data gathered by researchers from all the fields in which bark beetles are studied: ecology, evolutionary biology, population genetics, entomology, and forestry.
Congressional Realignment, 1925-1978
University of Texas Press
A major contribution to our understanding of realignment politics in the House of Representatives.
Trees of North Texas
University of Texas Press
This comprehensive and compact volume is a field guide to all the native and naturalized trees of the north Texas zone, including the Blackland Prairies, the Cross Timbers region, and both the Rolling and High Plains.
Instabilities, Bifurcations, and Fluctuations in Chemical Systems
By L. E. Reichl and William C. Schieve
University of Texas Press
Papers on chemical pattern formation and how they may relate to the self-organization of biological systems.
Carlos Fuentes
A Critical View
Edited by Robert Brody and Charles Rossman
University of Texas Press
Carlos Fuentes: A Critical View is the first full-scale examination in English of this major writer’s work.
Buenos Aires
400 Years
Edited by Stanley R. Ross and Thomas F. McGann
University of Texas Press
This informative volume derives from a conference held at the Library of Congress in September 1980, which was dedicated to the 400th anniversary of the founding of Buenos Aires.
Land and Revolution in Iran, 1960–1980
University of Texas Press
In the first major study of the effects of the Iranian land reform carried out by the government of the shah between 1962 and 1971, Eric Hooglund's analysis demonstrates that the primary motives behind the land reform were political.
Ellen Glasgow
Beyond Convention
University of Texas Press
Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Glasgow is far more than a Southern writer, as Linda Wagner demonstrates in this fascinating reassessment of her work.
Chicano Poetry
A Response to Chaos
University of Texas Press
This book examines the most significant works of late twentieth century Chicano/a poetry.
Nematodes in Soil Ecosystems
Edited by Diana W. Freckman; Introduction by J. A. Wallwork
University of Texas Press
A study of nematodes as active contributors to the decomposition cycle in soil ecosystems.
Texas Graveyards
A Cultural Legacy
University of Texas Press
This book not only marks the distinct ethnic and racial traditions in burial practices but also preserves a Texas legacy endangered by changing customs, rural depopulation, vandalism, and the erosion of time.
Spacetime And Geometry
The Alfred Schild Lectures
Edited by Richard A. Matzner and L. C. Shepley
University of Texas Press
These reports, at the forefront of relativity theory when they were written, in particular the geometrical aspects of spacetime theory, were the result of the Alfred Schild Memorial Lecture Series presented at the University of Texas at Austin beginning in 1977.
Literary and Artistic Patronage in Ancient Rome
Edited by Barbara K. Gold
University of Texas Press
This book explores all the important aspects of patronage—a topic crucial to the study of literature and art from Homer to the present day.
The Road to OPEC
United States Relations with Venezuela, 1919-1976
University of Texas Press
The Road to OPEC is the story of the fiery debates among U.S. oil companies, the Department of State, and the Venezuelan government over oil policies—clashes that led Venezuela to establish OPEC and to nationalize U.S.-owned properties.
The CIA in Guatemala
The Foreign Policy of Intervention
University of Texas Press
Using documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, recently opened archival collections, and interviews with the actual participants, Immerman provides us with a definitive, powerfully written, and tension-packed account of the United States' clandestine operations in Guatemala and their consequences in Latin America.
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