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North Africa, Revised Edition
A History from Antiquity to the Present
University of Texas Press
Now with a new afterword that surveys the “North African Spring” uprisings that roiled the region from 2011 to 2013, this is the most comprehensive history of North Africa to date, with accessible, in-depth chapters covering the pre-Islamic period through
Courage, Resistance, and Women in Ciudad Juárez
Challenges to Militarization
By Kathleen Staudt and Zulma Y. Méndez
University of Texas Press
This pioneering, timely study of civil society activism in Ciudad Juárez during the first decade of the twenty-first century captures the tenuous new alliances and discourses of resistance (augmented by social media) that have emerged in the face of escal
America
Icons and Ingenuity
By Dan Winters
University of Texas Press
Winner of the 2012 Los Angeles Book Festival Photography/Art Book Award, this lavishly illustrated volume surveys the entire oeuvre of internationally award-winning photographer Dan Winters, including iconic celebrity portraits, scientific photography, photojournalism, and lyrical personal expressions.
Mr. America
The Tragic History of a Bodybuilding Icon
By John D. Fair
University of Texas Press
Drawing on unique archival documents and fascinating interviews, an acclaimed sports historian delivers the first comprehensive examination of Mr. America, the iconic bodybuilding contest that honored ancient ideals while defining masculinity during the c
Modern Architecture in Latin America
Art, Technology, and Utopia
University of Texas Press
Designed as a survey and focused on key examples and movements arranged chronologically from 1903 to 2003, this is the first comprehensive history of modern architecture in Latin America in any language.
Guatemala-U.S. Migration
Transforming Regions
By Susanne Jonas and Nestor Rodriguez
University of Texas Press
This comprehensive study of five phases of Guatemalan migration—both Maya and ladino—to the United States from the late 1970s to the present illuminates the transregional experiences of those who pass through Mexico.
Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru, Part Two
Translated by Harold V. Livermore; By Garcilaso de la Vega
University of Texas Press
Royal Commentaries of the Incas is the account of the origin, growth, and destruction of the Inca empire, from its legendary birth until the death in 1572 of its last independent ruler; Part Two covers the Spanish conquest of the Incas.
Cerro Palenque
Power and Identity on the Maya Periphery
University of Texas Press
The author combines archaeological data gleaned from site research in 1980–1983 with anthropological theory about the evolution of social power to reconstruct something of the culture and lifeways of the prehispanic inhabitants of Cerro Palenque.
Archaism, Modernism, and the Art of Paul Manship
By Susan Rather
University of Texas Press
The author considers the theory, practice, and criticism of early twentieth-century sculpture in order to reveal the changing meaning and significance of the archaic in the modern world.
With the Saraguros
The Blended Life in a Transnational World
By David Syring
University of Texas Press
The first humanistic portrait of life among the Saraguros of southern Ecuador is woven with a meditative self-reflection on the author’s role as anthropologist and the role of cross-cultural understanding itself in the Andean Highlands and beyond.
Impunity, Human Rights, and Democracy
Chile and Argentina, 1990-2005
University of Texas Press
This in-depth study highlights the unique, precedent-setting approach taken by Argentina and Chile to empower human rights advocates while prosecuting the perpetrators of crimes against humanity, whose rise to power during the 1970s and 1980s once appeared unstoppable.
The Casa del Deán
New World Imagery in a Sixteenth-Century Mexican Mural Cycle
University of Texas Press
Extensively illustrated with new color photographs, this pioneering study of a masterpiece of colonial Latin American art reveals how a cathedral dean and native American painters drew on their respective visual traditions to promote Christian faith in th
Mario Vargas Llosa
A Life of Writing
University of Texas Press
In this first comprehensive intellectual biography of the prolific Nobel laureate, a preeminent scholar of Hispanic studies examines Mario Vargas Llosa’s multifaceted literary career, spanning the polemics of the Latin American literary boom through five
Foodways and Daily Life in Medieval Anatolia
A New Social History
University of Texas Press
Bringing to life an overlooked aspect of the dawn of the Ottoman empire, this illuminating study uses the prism of food—from farming to mealtimes, religious rituals, and commerce—to understand how Anatolian society gave rise to a superpower.
The Ethos of Romance at the Turn of the Century
University of Texas Press
In this study, William J. Scheick seeks to recover the place of romance in fin-de-siècle England and America; to distinguish among its subgenres of eventuary, aesthetic, and ethical romance; and to reinstate ethical romance as a major mode of artistic exp
Folk Practices in North Mexico
Birth Customs, Folk Medicine, and Spiritualism in the Laguna Zone
By Isabel Kelly
University of Texas Press
Folk customs of the mid-twentieth century in a village in Coahuila.
Dictionary of the Alabama Language
University of Texas Press
This analytical dictionary of a member of the Muskogean language family contains over 8,000 entries of roots, stems, and compounds in the Alabama-English section, followed by a thorough English-Alabama finder list that functions as a full index to the def
Mexico and the Spanish Cortes, 1810–1822
Eight Essays
Edited by Nettie Lee Benson
University of Texas Press
These eight essays trace the establishment and implementation of the Mexican electoral system, both national and municipal, and of reforms in the economic, journalistic, religious, and military systems.
Kurdish Awakening
Nation Building in a Fragmented Homeland
Edited by Ofra Bengio
University of Texas Press
Kurdish Awakening is a comprehensive examination of the sweeping developments in “Greater Kurdistan” over the past few decades, analyzing the growth of this nationalistic yet fragmented movement and illuminating its geopolitical implications.
Domestic Disturbances
Re-Imagining Narratives of Gender, Labor, and Immigration
By Irene Mata
University of Texas Press
Domestic Disturbances examines the treatment of the traditional immigrant narrative in popular culture, illuminating the possibilities of alternative stories by reading Chicana/Latina-produced texts through a new interpretation of the immigrant paradigm.
Children of Afghanistan
The Path to Peace
Edited by Jennifer Heath and Ashraf Zahedi
University of Texas Press
A sweeping examination of Afghanistan’s most vulnerable individuals and the myriad of problems that confront them, Children of Afghanistan not only explores the host of crises that has led the United Nations to call the country “the worst place on earth t
Beyond the Forest
Jewish Presence in Eastern Europe, 2004–2012
University of Texas Press
This evocative photo essay explores how Jewish communities in Ukraine, Poland, Romania, and the Czech Republic are reclaiming their history, rebuilding their communities, and revivifying their Jewish identity following the Holocaust and decades of Soviet
This Is Jerusalem Calling
State Radio in Mandate Palestine
University of Texas Press
This history of the long-overlooked Palestine Broadcasting Service (1936–1948) examines the role of government-sponsored radio in shaping Arab political and social life in the wake of British colonialism.
Discovering the Olmecs
An Unconventional History
University of Texas Press
This lively history of seven decades of archaeological exploration in the Olmec region of Mexico tells the fascinating backstory of how archaeological discoveries are made while offering an exceptional overview of this ancient civilization.
Americans in the Treasure House
Travel to Porfirian Mexico and the Cultural Politics of Empire
By Jason Ruiz
University of Texas Press
Through extensive engagement with archival sources, this book traces the history of travel to Mexico during the Porfiriato and the Revolution, exploring how travelers’ representations created an image of Mexico as a country requiring foreign intervention
The Flatlanders
Now It's Now Again
University of Texas Press
Spotlighting three legends of American music—Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Butch Hancock, The Flatlanders recounts the band’s epic forty-year journey from a living room in Lubbock, Texas, to the release of their extraordinary long-lost demo, The Odess
Aaron Siskind
Another Photographic Reality
By Aaron Siskind; Introduction by Charles Traub
University of Texas Press
The first true retrospective of a towering figure in American photography and the only book on Aaron Siskind currently in print, this volume features important, rarely published work and an authoritative text by noted photo historian Gilles Mora.
The Cinema of Robert Rodriguez
By Frederick Luis Aldama; Introduction by Charles Ramírez Berg
University of Texas Press
With insightful analysis of films ranging from El Mariachi to Spy Kids 4 and Machete Kills, as well as a lively interview in which the filmmaker discusses his career, here is the first scholarly overview of the work of Robert Rodriguez, the most successful U.S. Latino filmmaker today.
Texas on the Table
People, Places, and Recipes Celebrating the Flavors of the Lone Star State
University of Texas Press
One of Texas’s leading cookbook authors presents 150 recipes that showcase the state’s bounty of locally grown meats and produce, artisanal cheeses, and award-winning wines, along with fascinating stories of the people who are enriching the flavors of Texas.
Queer Beirut
University of Texas Press
Queer Beirut paves the way for a timely anthropological conversation about gender and queer identities in both Middle Eastern studies and urban studies.
Into the Field
A Foreign Correspondent's Notebook
By Tracy Dahlby
University of Texas Press
In this lively memoir and how-to handbook for aspiring journalists, a veteran correspondent who has reported for National Geographic and Newsweek tells “the stories behind the stories” that reveal the hard work, skill, and luck it takes to be a successful
Bronx Boys
University of Texas Press
Bronx Boys captures the violence, resilience, and hope of young men growing up in what was one of the toughest and most dangerous neighborhoods in the United States.
The Faces of Time
Portrayal of the Past in Old French and Latin Historical Narrative of the Anglo-Norman Regnum
By Jean Blacker
University of Texas Press
While many scholars have treated the Old French verse chronicle as fiction and Latin prose narratives as historical accounts, Jean Blacker asserts that twelfth-century authors and readers viewed both genres as factual history.
The Devil's Backbone
By Bill Wittliff; Illustrated by Jack Unruh
University of Texas Press
Set in wild and woolly Texas and Mexico in the 1880s, this engrossing tale of a boy’s search for his missing Momma is as full of colorful characters, folk wit and wisdom, and unexpected turns of events as the great American quest novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Naturally Healthy Mexican Cooking
Authentic Recipes for Dieters, Diabetics, and All Food Lovers
By Jim Peyton
University of Texas Press
Presenting some two hundred authentic recipes (with nutritional analysis) ranging from traditional tacos and enchiladas to alta cocina Mexicana, this cookbook shows you how to make Mexican food that is highly nutritious and low calorie, easy to prepare, a
Argentine, Mexican, and Guatemalan Photography
Feminist, Queer, and Post-Masculinist Perspectives
University of Texas Press
Viewing the work of twelve prominent photographers, including Graciela Iturbide, Pedro Meyer, and Marcos López, this first far-ranging analysis of gendered perspectives in Latin American photography demonstrates the importance of this art form within Latin American cultural production.
A Cuban in Mayberry
Looking Back at America's Hometown
University of Texas Press
This original and thorough discussion of a legendary American sitcom uses the experience of exile to reveal that The Andy Griffith Show’s enduring appeal comes from the intimacy between person and place that viewers enjoy in Mayberry.
The Face of Texas
University of Texas Press
With twenty-three new portraits, including John Graves, Rickard Linklater, Joel Osteen, and Cat Osterman, as well as updated profiles of all of the subjects, here is the face of Texas captured in the faces of noteworthy Texans by one of America’s premier
Miguel Covarrubias
Drawing a Cosmopolitan Line
Edited by Carolyn Kastner; By Alicia Inez Guzmán, Khristaan D. Villela, Janet Catherine Berlo, and Georgia O'Keeffe Museum; Introduction by Adriana Williams
University of Texas Press
This catalogue of an exhibition at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum broadens our understanding of twentieth-century modernism by exploring the prolific Mexican artist Miguel Covarrubias’s substantial contributions to a cosmopolitan sensibility in modernist art
Up Against the Wall
Re-Imagining the U.S.-Mexico Border
By Edward S. Casey and Mary Watkins
University of Texas Press
Using the U.S. wall at the border with Mexico as a focal point, two experts examine the global surge of economic and environmental refugees, presenting a new vision of the relationships between citizen and migrant in an era of “Juan Crow,” which systemati
The Making of Gone With The Wind
By Steve Wilson; Introduction by Robert Osborne
University of Texas Press
More than 600 rarely seen items from the David O. Selznick archive offer fans and film historians alike a must-have behind-the-camera view of the production of this classic movie on its seventy-fifth anniversary.
The Family Jewels
The CIA, Secrecy, and Presidential Power
By John Prados
University of Texas Press
With a new epilogue that discusses the revelations of former CIA employee Edward Snowden, this powerful accounting of intelligence abuses committed by the CIA from the Cold War through the war on terror reveals why such abuses and attempts to conceal them
LBJ and the Presidential Management of Foreign Relations
University of Texas Press
In this insightful study, Paul Y. Hammond, an experienced analyst of bureaucratic politics, adapts and extends that approach to explain and evaluate the Johnson administration’s performance in foreign relations in terms that have implications for the post
Being Miss America
Behind the Rhinestone Curtain
By Kate Shindle
University of Texas Press
Kate Shindle weaves an engrossing memoir of her year as Miss America 1998 with a fascinating, insightful history of the pageant to reveal why confident, ambitious young women still compete in a beauty contest that struggles to remain culturally relevant.
Native Evangelism in Central Mexico
By Hugo G. Nutini and Jean F. Nutini
University of Texas Press
A foundational work by a revered pioneer in the study of native evangelism, this book illuminates the psychological, theological, and pragmatic elements of conversion to two of Mexico’s pivotal Protestant evangelical sects, La Luz del Mundo and Amistad y
Common Woody Plants and Cacti of South Texas
A Field Guide
University of Texas Press
With seven new species, new photographs, and a quick plant identification key, here is a completely updated and expanded edition of A Field Guide to Common South Texas Shrubs, which has sold over 10,000 copies.
U.S. Foreign Policy and Peru
University of Texas Press
This book presents the first authoritative and comprehensive account of the development of the Peruvian revolution of 1968.
The History of Tense/Aspect/Mood/Voice in the Mayan Verbal Complex
University of Texas Press
In this pathfinding study of the Mayan language family, John S. Robertson explores major changes that have occurred in the core of Mayan grammar from the earliest, reconstructed ancestral language down through the colonial languages to the modern language
Language and Social Relationship in Brazilian Portuguese
The Pragmatics of Politeness
University of Texas Press
In this innovative study of pragmatics in Brazilian Portuguese, Dale Koike analyzes the politeness phenomenon, specifically in the context of speech acts known as "directives."
Electing a President
The Markle Commission Research on Campaign '88
University of Texas Press
A thought-provoking analysis of the 1988 presidential election.
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