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Depositions
Roberto Burle Marx and Public Landscapes under Dictatorship
University of Texas Press
Presenting the first English translation of Burle Marx’s “depositions,” this volume highlights the environmental advocacy of a preeminent Brazilian landscape architect who advised and challenged the country’s military dictatorship.
How to Suppress Women's Writing
By Joanna Russ; Introduction by Jessa Crispin
University of Texas Press
A landmark feminist critique with a new foreword by Jessa Crispin, author of Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto, this provocative book surveys the forces that work against women who dare to write.
Red Hot Mama
The Life of Sophie Tucker
University of Texas Press
This entertaining biography of the “Last of the Red Hot Mamas” reveals how Sophie Tucker became one of the most powerful women in show business, blazing a trail for performers such as Judy Garland, Carol Channing, and Bette Midler.
A Spy in the House of Loud
New York Songs and Stories
By Chris Stamey
University of Texas Press
A cofounder of the dB’s, Chris Stamey re-creates the music scene in late 1970s New York City, recalling the birth of punk and other new streams of electric music as well as the making of the cult albums Stands for deciBels and Repercussion.
Speaker Jim Wright
Power, Scandal, and the Birth of Modern Politics
University of Texas Press
Drawing on the author’s unprecedented access to Jim Wright before his death, this biography reveals how the former US House majority leader and speaker shaped the political culture of Congress that endures today, some three decades after his fall from pow
Life in Oil
Cofán Survival in the Petroleum Fields of Amazonia
By Michael L. Cepek; By (photographer) Bear Guerra
University of Texas Press
Revealing how the key fuel of the global era affects the communities where petroleum is extracted, this beautifully written ethnography describes how the Cofán people are surviving at the center of the Ecuadorian oil industry.
The Adventures of a Cello
Revised Edition, with a New Epilogue
University of Texas Press
Now updated through 2009, here is a delightful biography of a celebrated Stradivarius cello and an inviting overview of cello music and its preeminent composers and performers by world-famous concert cellist Carlos Prieto.
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City
University of Texas Press
Presenting a radically new interpretation that reorients Spanish-centric historiography and recognizes indigenous agency, this visually compelling book maps the continuities between Aztec Tenochtitlan and sixteenth-century Mexico City.
Ancient Greek Law in the 21st Century
Edited by Paula Perlman
University of Texas Press
Eleven essays by leading scholars chart new directions for the study of ancient Greek law, including fresh assessments of key debates, new methodological approaches, and an argument for the ongoing relevance of teaching Greek law.
Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam
Edited by Michael Frishkopf and Federico Spinetti
University of Texas Press
Bringing together the perspectives of ethnomusicology, Islamic studies, art history, and architecture, this edited collection investigates how sound production in built environments is central to Muslim religious and cultural expression.
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