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Mapping and Empire
Soldier-Engineers on the Southwestern Frontier
Edited by Dennis Reinhartz and Gerald D. Saxon
University of Texas Press
Leading historians discuss the roles of the Spanish, Mexican, and U.S. militaries in mapping the Greater Southwest from the sixteenth through the mid-nineteenth centuries.
Conjunto
By John Dyer; Introduction by Joe Nick Patoski
University of Texas Press
Dramatic photographs of the most important and influential conjunto performers-including Flaco Jiménez, Valerio Longoria, Mingo Saldívar, Eva Ybarra, and Lydia Mendoza- accompanied by personal appreciations of the music that together proclaim conjunto's s
The Women of CourtWatch
Reforming a Corrupt Family Court System
University of Texas Press
The inspiring and courageous story of women activists whose grassroots campaign defeated powerful judges and brought justice to a family court system.
The Man Who Swam into History
The (Mostly) True Story of My Jewish Family
University of Texas Press
A collection of stories by an award-winning historian that preserves fragments of memory-true or false, remembered or imagined-from three generations of a Jewish family
The Great Confusion in Indian Affairs
Native Americans and Whites in the Progressive Era
By Tom Holm
University of Texas Press
How Native Americans' sense of identity and “peoplehood” helped them resist and ultimately defeat the U.S. government's attempts to assimilate them into white society in the early twentieth century.
The Death of Ramón González
The Modern Agricultural Dilemma
By Angus Wright
University of Texas Press
An updated edition of Angus Wright's now-classic indictment of chemical-dependent agriculture in Latin America.
The Death and Life of Drama
Reflections on Writing and Human Nature
By Lance Lee
University of Texas Press
A veteran screenwriter and screenwriting teacher's probing analysis of the dramatic elements that make good films “work”
The Bullet Meant for Me
By Jan Reid
University of Texas Press
Now available in paperback for the first time . . . Jan Reid's powerful, moving account of what being shot during a robbery in Mexico City and the painful road to recovery taught him about manhood, friendship, and marriage.
Texas Bug Book
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
University of Texas Press
Texas's top organic gardening experts help you identify and organically control all the most common beneficial and harmful bugs.
Myself and Strangers
A Memoir of Apprenticeship
By John Graves
University of Texas Press
Now available in paperback for the first time . . . The story of the decade-long apprenticeship that paved the way for John Graves' masterwork, Goodbye to a River.
Muslim Women Activists in North America
Speaking for Ourselves
Edited by Katherine Bullock
University of Texas Press
Eighteen autobiographical essays by U.S. and Canadian Muslim women who are active in fighting for social justice both within and beyond the Muslim community.
James Surls: The Splendora Years, 1977-1997
University of Texas Press
A beautifully illustrated exhibition catalog that documents the astonishingly creative work of American sculptor James Surls and the artists' colony he founded at Splendora, Texas
Dames in the Driver's Seat
Rereading Film Noir
University of Texas Press
Astute analyses of how gender, class, and race have been portrayed in classic film noir (1941-1958) and in retro-noir and neo-noir films of the 1990s
Brown on Brown
Chicano/a Representations of Gender, Sexuality, and Ethnicity
University of Texas Press
An investigation of the ways in which race and sexuality intersect and function in Chicano/a literature and film.
America's Neighborhood Bats
Understanding and Learning to Live in Harmony with Them
University of Texas Press
A new, thoroughly updated edition of America's most popular and reliable guide to bats-over 140,000 copies sold!
Maya Intellectual Renaissance
Identity, Representation, and Leadership
University of Texas Press
A leading Mayan intellectual and activist discusses the Maya movement and the future of Guatemala.
Coach Royal
Conversations with a Texas Football Legend
University of Texas Press
UT's most beloved coach tells his life story in his own words--includes 55 photos, many never before published.
Border Identifications
Narratives of Religion, Gender, and Class on the U.S.-Mexico Border
By Pablo Vila
University of Texas Press
How the stories people tell about religion, gender, and class define identities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
When States Kill
Latin America, the U.S., and Technologies of Terror
Edited by Cecilia Menjivar and Nestor Rodriguez
University of Texas Press
Thirteen essays exploring state-sponsored terrorism in Latin America and its connection to the U.S.
Thinking with Things
Toward a New Vision of Art
University of Texas Press
A major new vision of what art is and why we create it, in the tradition of George Kubler’s The Shape of Time and Michael Baxandall’s Patterns of Intention.
The Late Archaic across the Borderlands
From Foraging to Farming
Edited by Bradley J. Vierra
University of Texas Press
Leading U.S. and Mexican scholars investigate the groundbreaking transition from foraging to farming in the North American Southwest.
The Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism
University of Texas Press
A history of the largest and longest-lasting people’s revolt in the Arab East, which attempted to liberate Syria from French rule in 1925.
The Community Forests of Mexico
Managing for Sustainable Landscapes
University of Texas Press
An overview and assessment of how local communities in Mexico manage their forests for profit and sustainability.
Spanish Verbs Made Simple(r)
University of Texas Press
An easier, yet more complete approach to learning Spanish verbs than the highly popular 501 Spanish Verbs.
The Black Death in Egypt and England
A Comparative Study
University of Texas Press
A cogent economic analysis of why the Black Death devastated Egypt while it revitalized England.
Quality Education for Latinos and Latinas
Print and Oral Skills for All Students, K–College
By Rita Portales and Marco Portales
University of Texas Press
A proven method for enhancing the teacher-student relationship and increasing student skills.
Living with Coyotes
Managing Predators Humanely Using Food Aversion Conditioning
University of Texas Press
A thoughtful, well-argued plea for using humane methods to manage North America’s most adaptable animal predator.
First World Third Class and Other Tales of the Global Mix
By Regina Rheda; Translated by Adria Frizzi, REYoung, David Coles, and Charles A. Perrone; Introduction by Christopher Dunn
University of Texas Press
A collection of short stories and a novella by Brazilian writer Regina Rheda
Framing Female Lawyers
Women on Trial in Film
University of Texas Press
A probing look at film representations of women lawyers during the Reagan-Bush era.
Chicanas and Chicanos in School
Racial Profiling, Identity Battles, and Empowerment
University of Texas Press
A powerful account of how racial identity issues affect Chicana/o students’ school success.
What Women Watched
Daytime Television in the 1950s
University of Texas Press
Viewing popular women’s daytime TV programs of the 1950s from a feminist perspective.
To Alcatraz, Death Row, and Back
Memories of an East LA Outlaw
By Ernie López and Rafael Pérez-Torres
University of Texas Press
A graphic, insider’s account of doing time in Alcatraz and on death row in San Quentin.
No Place for Children
Voices from Juvenile Detention
University of Texas Press
Time magazine award-winning photojournalist Steve Liss’s intimate, often disturbing portrait of children’s lives in juvenile detention.
Moctezuma's Children
Aztec Royalty under Spanish Rule, 1520–1700
University of Texas Press
The surprising story of how the children of the vanquished retained their rights and privileges in colonial Mexico.
Memory, Oblivion, and Jewish Culture in Latin America
Edited by Marjorie Agosín
University of Texas Press
Fifteen essays that collectively tell the story of Jewish life in Latin America.
Mayan Voices for Human Rights
Displaced Catholics in Highland Chiapas
University of Texas Press
How the Maya define and defend their human rights in Southern Mexico.
Chasing Neotropical Birds
By Bob Thornton and Vera Thornton
University of Texas Press
An album of magnificent color photographs of over 100 of the most beautiful, rare, and amazing neotropical birds.
The Colonial Spanish-American City
Urban Life in the Age of Atlantic Capitalism
University of Texas Press
An authoritative history and analysis of the colonial Spanish-American city.
Splendor in the Short Grass
The Grover Lewis Reader
By Grover Lewis and Robert Draper; Edited by Jan Reid and W. K. Stratton; Introduction by Dave Hickey
University of Texas Press
The best articles by the Rolling Stone and Village Voice writer whose commentaries on movies and music set the standard for cultural reporting in the New Journalism of the Sixties and Seventies.
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