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Lone Stars III
A Legacy of Texas Quilts, 1986-2011
University of Texas Press
Completing a landmark documentation of 175 years of Texas quilt history they began in Lone Stars I and II, Texas’s leading quilt experts present two hundred traditional and art quilts that represent “the best of the best” quilts being made in Texas today.
Cultures of Migration
The Global Nature of Contemporary Mobility
By Jeffrey H. Cohen and Ibrahim Sirkeci
University of Texas Press
Exploring the motivations of migrants in countries around the world, this book proposes a new model of immigration that accounts for the cultural beliefs and social patterns that influence people to move—or to remain at home.
Colonialism and Christianity in Mandate Palestine
By Laura Robson
University of Texas Press
This crucial history of Palestinian Christians from the late Ottoman period through the British mandate reveals the British role in diminishing Arab Christian influence.
Analyzing World Fiction
New Horizons in Narrative Theory
Edited by Frederick Luis Aldama
University of Texas Press
A sweeping collection of approaches to narrative theory, with analyses drawn from a variety of truly global literature, films, and television shows.
Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-2009
Fourth Edition
University of Texas Press
With nearly 1,000 new biographies, updates of the existing biographies and appendices, and a fully searchable CD, this is the definitive source for biographical information on some 3,000 of Mexico’s leading state and national politicians.
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Jean Rhys at "World's End"
Novels of Colonial and Sexual Exile
University of Texas Press
In this pathfinding study, Mary Lou Emery focuses on Rhys’s handling of tense oppositions, using a Caribbean cultural perspective to replace the mainly European aesthetic, moral, and psychological standards that have served to misread and sometimes devalu
The Unexamined Orwell
By John Rodden
University of Texas Press
Continuing his masterful investigation of the ongoing reception and continual reinvention of George Orwell six decades after his death, Rodden delves into numerous aspects of Orwell’s legacy that have been surprisingly neglected.
Foxboy
Intimacy and Aesthetics in Andean Stories
By Catherine J. Allen; Illustrated by Julia Meyerson
University of Texas Press
With a powerful, erotic, and entertaining Quechua story as a master narrative, Foxboy explores the acts of storytelling and story listening in the Andes to discover how these arts are used to communicate deeply held cultural values.
¡Chicana Power!
Contested Histories of Feminism in the Chicano Movement
University of Texas Press
Drawing on a wealth of oral histories from pioneering Chicana activists, as well as the vibrant print culture through which they articulated their agenda and built community, this book presents the first full-scale investigation of the social and politica
Valorizing the Barbarians
Enemy Speeches in Roman Historiography
By Eric Adler
University of Texas Press
Comparing and contrasting speeches attributed to barbarian leaders by ancient Roman historians, this book offers a systematic examination of the ways in which those historians valorized foreigners and presented criticisms of their own society.
The Misfortunes of Alonso Ramírez
The True Adventures of a Spanish American with 17th-Century Pirates
University of Texas Press
A critical translation and commentary on a work long regarded as Latin America’s first novel, which proves that this famous tale of piracy is actually a historical account that sheds new light on Spain’s worldwide struggle against the ambitions of France and other European powers.
Organized Agriculture and the Labor Movement before the UFW
Puerto Rico, Hawai’i, California
University of Texas Press
This pioneering comparative study investigates how agricultural workers in Puerto Rico, Hawai’i, and California struggled to organize and create a place for themselves in the institutional life of the United States.
Hispanic Immigrant Literature
El Sueño del Retorno
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive study of literary works created both orally and in writing by immigrants to the United States from the Hispanic world since the early nineteenth century.
East Texas Lumber Workers
An Economic and Social Picture, 1870-1950
University of Texas Press
The aim of this study is to show how these people whose economic life has been dominated by a single industry have fared for eighty years in comparison with their fellow Texans and with lumber workers in the Pacific Northwest and the Lakes states.
Demosthenes, Speeches 39-49
Translated by Adele C. Scafuro
University of Texas Press
A collection of eleven legal speeches relating to estates and inheritances that are ascribed to the most renowned of the ancient Greek orators.
Citizens and Sportsmen
Fútbol and Politics in Twentieth-Century Chile
By Brenda Elsey
University of Texas Press
This pioneering study of amateur fútbol (soccer) clubs in Chile reveals how the world’s most popular sport has served to engage citizens in local and national politics and support democratic practices.
Theater of the People
Spectators and Society in Ancient Athens
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive study of the diverse populations that attended Athenian dramatic festivals from the Classical to the Hellenistic periods.
The Impact of Global Warming on Texas
Second edition
University of Texas Press
A completely revised and updated edition of the baseline study of global warming’s potential effects on Texas.
Making Up the Difference
Women, Beauty, and Direct Selling in Ecuador
University of Texas Press
This first in-depth study of a cosmetics direct selling organization in Latin America considers how women’s experiences in the informal employment sector can illuminate our understandings of work and gender in Ecuador and other developing countries.
Israeli Cinema
Identities in Motion
Edited by Miri Talmon and Yaron Peleg
University of Texas Press
In the first anthology of its kind in English, leading Israeli film scholars explore how one of the world’s most exciting emerging cinemas has become a vibrant site for the representation of Israeli realities.
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