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Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 1
Archaeology
Edited by Victoria Reifler Bricker and Jeremy A. Sabloff
University of Texas Press
Detailed reports from the directors of many of the most significant archaeological projects of the mid-twentieth century in Mesoamerica, along with discussions of three topics of general interest (the rise of sedentary life, the evolution of complex culture, and the rise of cities).
The Garden in Winter and Other Poems
University of Texas Press
A book of poems by a Texas writer.
Workers from the North
Plantations, Bolivian Labor, and the City in Northwest Argentina
University of Texas Press
This book sets the Argentina-Bolivia experience of migration in historical perspective by examining the macro-level factors that influenced social change in both countries and brought streams of migration into Argentina.
Russian Dramatic Theory from Pushkin to the Symbolists
An Anthology
University of Texas Press
This anthology presents a selection of important Russian writing on the aesthetics of drama and the theater from 1828 to 1914.
Petroleum Politics and the Texas Railroad Commission
University of Texas Press
A detailed look at the Railroad Commission and the politics of petroleum in Texas.
The Population of the South
Structure and Change in Social Demographic Context
Edited by Dudley L. Poston and Robert H. Weller
University of Texas Press
The articles in this book, the majority of which were originally presented at the Southern Regional Demographic Group meeting in 1976, deal with fertility, mortality, migration, and the factors that influence these components.
The Indian Christ, the Indian King
The Historical Substrate of Maya Myth and Ritual
University of Texas Press
A critique of postconquest historiography about the Maya that challenges major assumptions about the relationship between myth and history implicit in structuralist interpretations.
Exploring the Johnson Years
Edited by Robert A. Divine
University of Texas Press
An introduction to the Lyndon B. Johnson administration and to the LBJ Library’s more than thirty million separate documents.
The Sign in Music and Literature
Edited by Wendy Steiner
University of Texas Press
A unique gathering of semiotic approaches to art: from Saussurian linguistics to transformational grammar, from Prague School aesthetics to Peircean pragmatism, from structuralism to poststructuralism.
I’ll Tell You a Tale
An Anthology
University of Texas Press
This is a collection of more than fifty stories about the old Southwest.
Environmental Studies of a Marine Ecosystem
South Texas Outer Continental Shelf
Edited by R. Warren Flint and Nancy N. Rabalais
University of Texas Press
The last major study of the living and nonliving resources of the south Texas outer continental shelf to have been conducted before the Ixtoc oil spill of 1979.
The British Soldier in America
A Social History of Military Life in the Revolutionary Period
University of Texas Press
In her investigation of the social history of the common British soldier in the era of the American Revolution, Sylvia Frey has extensively surveyed recruiting records, contemporary training manuals, statutes, and memoirs in an attempt to provide insight into the soldier's "life and mind."
Beyond Spoon River
The Legacy of Edgar Lee Masters
University of Texas Press
As the first full-length critical study of Edgar Lee Masters, Beyond Spoon River is important not only for its reevaluation of this American poet and his work but also for its valuable insights into central questions of aesthetics, regionalism, and the nature and meaning of literary influence.
Federalism and Regional Development
Case Studies on the Experience in the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany
Edited by George W. Hoffman
University of Texas Press
The result of the first German-American geography seminar, held at the University of Texas in September 1979, this book deals with the impact of geographic policy planning by various governmental agencies in both the Federal Republic of Germany and the Un
The Ethics of Intensity in American Fiction
By Tony Hilfer
University of Texas Press
Drawing upon the philosophical theories of William James, Dewey, and Mead and focusing upon major works by Whitman, Stein, Howells, Dreiser, and Henry James, Anthony Hilfer explores how these authors have structured their characters' consciousness, their purpose in doing so, and how this presentation controls the reader's moral response.
Judge and Jury in Imperial Brazil, 1808–1871
Social Control and Political Stability in the New State
By Thomas Flory
University of Texas Press
An analysis of the Brazilian lower-court system in the nineteenth century, where the private interests of society and the public interests of the state intersected.
And Other Neighborly Names
Social Process and Cultural Image in Texas Folklore
Edited by Richard Bauman and Roger D. Abrahams
University of Texas Press
A collection of essays devoted to various aspects of folk tradition in Texas.
The Politics of Population in Brazil
Elite Ambivalence and Public Demand
By Peter McDonough and Amaury DeSouza
University of Texas Press
This book examines the attitudes toward population planning of Brazilian government officials and other elites—bishops, politicians, labor leaders, and business owners—in comparison with mass public opinion.
The Ben Lilly Legend
University of Texas Press
The Ben Lilly Legend brings back to life a great American hunter—the greatest bear hunter in history after Davy Crockett, by his own account and also by the record.
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