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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.
Archaeology, Volcanism, and Remote Sensing in the Arenal Region, Costa Rica
Edited by Payson D. Sheets and Brian R. McKee
University of Texas Press
In this volume, experts from several disciplines explore the adaptation process of prehistoric societies in the Arenal region of Costa Rica, an area that has experienced numerous volcanic eruptions during the last several millennia.
Jean-Claude Grumberg
Three Plays
By Jean-Claude Grumberg; Translated by Seth L. Wolitz
University of Texas Press
Introducing the English-language audience to the work of one of France’s leading contemporary dramatists—winner of seven Molières, the Pulitzer Prize of France—these plays offer vivid insights into French Jewish life in post-Holocaust Europe.
Arab Responses to Fascism and Nazism
Attraction and Repulsion
Edited by Israel Gershoni
University of Texas Press
This collection rethinks old paradigms and widely accepted assumptions about the Arab response to fascism and Nazism, bringing to light Arab support for the Allied forces during World War II and its effect on the fate of the Middle East.
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[Un]framing the "Bad Woman"
Sor Juana, Malinche, Coyolxauhqui, and Other Rebels with a Cause
University of Texas Press
One of America’s leading interpreters of the Chicana experience dismantles the discourses that “frame” women who rebel against patriarchal strictures as “bad women” and offers empowering models of struggle, resistance, and rebirth.
The Power of Huacas
Change and Resistance in the Andean World of Colonial Peru
University of Texas Press
Based on extensive archival research, The Power of Huacas is the first book to take account of the reciprocal effects of religious colonization as they impacted Andean populations and, simultaneously, dramatically changed the culture and beliefs of Spanis
Rethinking Iranian Nationalism and Modernity
Edited by Kamran Scot Aghaie and Afshin Marashi
University of Texas Press
An illuminating anthology of more than a dozen innovative perspectives on the making of modern Iranian nationhood, from Orientalism and historiography to the role of land/place, identity, religion, and contested visions of modernity in twentieth-century I
Midcentury Modern Art in Texas
University of Texas Press
Extensively illustrated with works that have not been previously published, Midcentury Modernism in Texas gives Texas artists their due place in American art during this vital and canon-defining period, while also valuing the quality of Texan-ness that su
Jacob's Well
A Novel
University of Texas Press
Originally published in 1984, Stephen Harrigan’s passionate, emotionally intense second novel takes readers deep into the mysterious passageways of a Central Texas aquifer—and of the human heart.
Israeli Feminist Scholarship
Gender, Zionism, and Difference
Edited by Esther Fuchs
University of Texas Press
More than a dozen scholars give voice to cutting-edge postcolonial trends (from ecofeminism to gender identity in family life) that question traditional approaches to Zionism while highlighting nationalism as the core issue of Israeli feminist scholarship
Aransas
A Novel
University of Texas Press
A critically acclaimed debut novel first published in 1980, Aransas recounts a young man’s attempt to find his place in the world as he navigates the moral dilemma of training an “exquisitely conscious being” to perform in a seaside dolphin circus.
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