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Making a Killing

Femicide, Free Trade, and La Frontera

University of Texas Press

Bringing together diverse perspectives, including feminism, Marxism, critical race theory, semiotics, and textual analysis, this is the first anthology to focus exclusively on the murders of more than five hundred women and girls in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

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Left of Hollywood

Cinema, Modernism, and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Culture

University of Texas Press

The first study dedicated to the emergence of U.S. Left film theory and criticism, combining close readings of films with archival research to explore the origins of a movement that aspired toward a popular cinema of social change.

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Painted Light

University of Texas Press

With luminous images from nine suites of photographs, this is the first career retrospective of internationally acclaimed artist Kate Breakey, encompassing works ranging from early images that bridge art and science to her mature still lifes.

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Vernon Fisher

By Vernon Fisher; Introduction by Frances Colpitt and Ned Rifkin
University of Texas Press

With over 150 superb illustrations, this is the most current and comprehensive retrospective of the work of internationally acclaimed postmodern artist Vernon Fisher, whose bold and innovative multimedia work suggests stories with multiple meanings and indecipherable conclusions.

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Texas, A Modern History

Revised Edition

University of Texas Press

Thoroughly updated since its original publication in 1989, this popular history by award-winning author David G. McComb brings the story of Texas into the twenty-first century.

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Hollywood Incoherent

Narration in Seventies Cinema

University of Texas Press

Looking at iconic films such as The Godfather, The French Connection, The Exorcist, Taxi Driver, and A Woman Under the Influence, this book reveals that the narrative and stylistic innovations of the 1970s opened a new era in American cinema.

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Gray Ghosts and Red Rangers

American Hilltop Fox Chasing

University of Texas Press

Based on thousands of fascinating primary accounts in letters, magazine articles, and interviews, Gray Ghosts and Red Rangers is the definitive social history of a vanishing American pastime—folk fox hunting.

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Feeding the City

From Street Market to Liberal Reform in Salvador, Brazil, 1780–1860

University of Texas Press

This social and cultural history of the provisioning of Salvador, Brazil, as it moved from colony to independent city encompasses a whole society by looking at a broadly defined occupation—the food trade—and showing the connections between and among social categories.

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Desert Duty

On the Line with the U.S. Border Patrol

By Bill Broyles and Mark Haynes; Introduction by Charles Bowden
University of Texas Press

Covering a fifty-year span of law enforcement, Desert Duty reveals the patriotic sense of duty and compassionate calling that motivates the men and women who guard the borders of the United States.

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The Gernsheim Collection

By Roy Flukinger; Introduction by Alison Nordström; Afterword by Mark Haworth-Booth
University of Texas Press

This selection of masterpieces from the Gernsheim Collection, one of the world’s most important collections of photography, effectively constitutes a visual history of photography from the earliest-known photograph to images of the mid-twentieth century.

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The Charles Bowden Reader

By Charles Bowden; Edited by Erin Almeranti and Mary Martha Miles; Introduction by Jim Harrison
University of Texas Press

With excerpts from his major books—Blue Desert, Desierto: Memories of the Future, Blood Orchid, Blues for Cannibals, A Shadow in the City, Trinity, and Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing—as well as prominent magazine articles and early journalism, this anthology gathers the best and most representative writing from Charles Bowden’s entire career

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Texas Through Women's Eyes

The Twentieth-Century Experience

University of Texas Press

Combining scholarly research with vivid, first-person accounts, this lively history for the first time tells the story of women’s experiences in twentieth-century Texas, with an inclusive focus on rural women, working-class women, and women of color.

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Texas Bobwhites

A Guide to Their Foods and Habitat Management

University of Texas Press

This field guide to the seeds most commonly eaten by northern bobwhites will help hunters identify likely places to find coveys of quail, while landowners and rangeland managers will use it to learn how to conserve and improve bobwhite habitat.

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Oaxaca al Gusto

An Infinite Gastronomy

University of Texas Press

Renowned as the Julia Child of Mexican cooking and author of the definitive books on the subject, including The Cuisines of Mexico, The Art of Mexican Cooking, My Mexico, and From My Mexican Kitchen, Diana Kennedy has now written her magnum opus—an irreplaceable record of the traditional regional cuisines of Oaxaca.

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Multicultural Comics

From Zap to Blue Beetle

Edited by Frederick Luis Aldama; Introduction by Derek Parker Royal
University of Texas Press

Exploring a wide range of mainstream and independent comic books, this is the first comprehensive collection of scholarly and archival work on multicultural comics from around the world.

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Before Brown

Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice

University of Texas Press

The inspiring story of the courageous Houston mailman whose struggle to attend the University of Texas School of Law provided the precedent for the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that ended segregation in public educ

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An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days

University of Texas Press

Amplified with reading lists and quotations from a wide diversity of writers, best-selling mystery author Susan Wittig Albert’s thoughtful and thought-provoking journal of the tumultuous year 2008 is a must-read for everyone fascinated by the writing life and the writer’s role in society.

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Defying Displacement

Grassroots Resistance and the Critique of Development

University of Texas Press

The first book to document the resistance movements of people and communities threatened with involuntary displacement and resettlement by development projects around the world.

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Broadcasting the Civil War in El Salvador

A Memoir of Guerrilla Radio

University of Texas Press

A riveting account of the 1980s civil war in El Salvador from the rebels’ point of view, written by the man who directed the main news outlet for the guerrilla organization that challenged the Salvadoran government.

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Quixote's Soldiers

A Local History of the Chicano Movement, 1966–1981

University of Texas Press

One of the foremost scholars in Chicana/o studies offers a compelling, authoritative history of the Chicano movement in San Antonio—a movement that provided models for organizing that broke barriers to political participation and power for Latinos across

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Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic

Art, Activism, Academia, and the Austin Project

University of Texas Press

A multimedia documentation of a collaboration of artists, activists, and academics, all working on issues relevant to women of color.

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Architecture as Revolution

Episodes in the History of Modern Mexico

University of Texas Press

A richly illustrated social and cultural history of post-revolutionary Mexican architecture.

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Toward a Cognitive Theory of Narrative Acts

University of Texas Press

Noted scholars analyze a variety of creative works—plays by Samuel Beckett, novels by Maxine Hong Kingston, music compositions by Igor Stravinsky, art by Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, and films by Michael Haneke— to offer a unified knowledge of artistic creativity.

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The State Library and Archives of Texas

A History, 1835-1962

University of Texas Press

This look back at how the Texas state library has fulfilled its mission encourages policymakers and the public to value the library and archival service of government and give it the support it needs to be even more effective in the digital future.

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Muslim Women in War and Crisis

Representation and Reality

Edited by Faegheh Shirazi
University of Texas Press

An anthology of international voices, exploring provocative images of Muslim women from around the globe in literature, visual arts, journalism, and other media.

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Muslim Reformers in Iran and Turkey

The Paradox of Moderation

University of Texas Press

The first systematic study of the evolution of Islamic politics in Iran and Turkey, based on primary documents from both countries.

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Mexican Women and the Other Side of Immigration

Engendering Transnational Ties

University of Texas Press

A fascinating study of the transnational experiences of Mexicans who immigrated from San Ignacio Cerro Gordo, Jalisco, to Detroit, Michigan.

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Weird City

Sense of Place and Creative Resistance in Austin, Texas

University of Texas Press

A cultural geographic exploration of the many avenues of resistance that Austinites have taken to maintain their sense of cultural identity.

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Violent Acts and Urban Space in Contemporary Tel Aviv

Revisioning Moments

By Tali Hatuka; Introduction by Diane E. Davis
University of Texas Press

An examination of the effects of violence on an urban center and how it shapes both the physical and cultural landscape of a city.

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The Literatures of the U.S.-Mexican War

Narrative, Time, and Identity

University of Texas Press

A comparative examination of the literature produced in the wake of the U.S.-Mexican War—in both countries and in the borderlands—and the subsequent impact on the formation of lasting, diverse identities.

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