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Epidemic Disease in Mexico City, 1761–1813
An Administrative, Social, and Medical Study
University of Texas Press
The first detailed study of the impact of epidemic disease on the history of New Spain, primarily of its capital.
Edward Everett Hale
University of Texas Press
A biography of the author of The Man Without a Country that vividly portrays his fascinating and often turbulent era.
Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718-1050
University of Texas Press
A study of medieval southern French and Catalan society.
D. H. Lawrence
The Croydon Years
By Helen Corke; Introduction by Warren Roberts
University of Texas Press
Lawrence's work and life from the perspective of one of his close friends.
Communism in Mexico
A Study in Political Frustration
University of Texas Press
This book traces efforts during the early twentieth century to create a Soviet-style society in one of the largest and most strategically situated of the Latin American countries.
Behind Spanish American Footlights
University of Texas Press
Across a five-hundred-year sweep of history, Willis Knapp Jones surveys the native drama and the Spanish influence upon it in nineteen South American countries, and traces the development of their national theatres to the 1960s.
Barren Lives
University of Texas Press
A vivid novel about the solitary life of a peasant family in a harsh and unforgiving land, austerely told by a classic Brazilian writer.
Attack and Counterattack
The Texas-Mexican Frontier, 1842
University of Texas Press
A history of Texas-Mexican conflict during 1842, from the time of the Santa Fe Expedition through the return of the Somervell Expedition from the Rio Grande.
An Anatomy of The Turn of the Screw
University of Texas Press
An interpretation of the plot and characters of James's noted story.
The Literary Criticism of Frank Norris
Edited by Donald Pizer
University of Texas Press
All of American author Frank Norris’s significant critical writings have been compiled in this book, including his articles for the San Francisco Wave during 1896–1897 and selections from his “Weekly Letter” column for the Chicago American in 1901.
Yankee Theatre
The Image of America on the Stage, 1825–1850
University of Texas Press
This book examines the full range of the theatre activity of "Stage Yankees," not only as actors, but also as playmakers, and re-evaluates their contribution to the growth of the American stage.
The Unhappy Medium
Spiritualism and the Life of Margaret Fox
By Earl Wesley Fornell; Illustrated by Lowell Collins
University of Texas Press
Written in spritely prose and permeated with a grave humor, this account of nineteenth-century spiritualism will be equally satisfying to the casual reader interested in a good story, and to the scholar seeking serious social history.
The Taft Ranch
A Texas Principality
By A. Ray Stephens; Introduction by Joe B. Frantz
University of Texas Press
The complete story of the Taft Ranch from its inception in 1880 to its dissolution in 1930.
The Necessary Earth
Nature and Solitude in American Literature
University of Texas Press
How the long American experience with an open frontier has entered into an inherently American literature to distinguish it from that of other lands.
The Invisible Tent
The War Novels of Ford Madox Ford
University of Texas Press
A critical evaluation of Ford's novels of war, tracing the development of the novelist's art in various phases.
The Adventures of a Prisoner of War, 1863–1864
By Decimus et Ultimus Barziza; Edited by R. Henderson Shuffler
University of Texas Press
This journal is the exciting personal narrative of a Texan who was a prisoner of the Union Army during the Civil War, escaped to Canada, and finally made his way back into the Confederacy through the blockade.
Sir Walter Mildmay and Tudor Government
University of Texas Press
The first biography of Sir Walter Mildmay, who dutifully served Queen Elizabeth I for thirty years as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Revolution on the Pampas
A Social History of Argentine Wheat, 1860–1910
University of Texas Press
This study traces the development of the Argentine wheat zone, focusing on the part wheat played in forming the Argentina of today.
Party and Factional Division in Texas
University of Texas Press
Examining the results of fourteen elections from 1946 through 1962 and organizing a vast fund of statistics relative to Texas political parties and voters, the authors have laid a solid groundwork for further studies on voting patterns in Texas.
Other Inquisitions, 1937-1952
By Jorge Luis Borges; Translated by Ruth L.C. Simms
University of Texas Press
This remarkable book by one of the great writers of our time includes essays on a proposed universal language, a justification of suicide, a refutation of time, the nature of dreams, and the intricacies of linguistic forms.
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