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The Chosen Folks
Jews on the Frontiers of Texas
University of Texas Press
A colorful, groundbreaking study of Jewish populations in Texas from late-sixteenth-century Spanish colonialism through the achievements of twentieth-century innovators.
Reading Chican@ Like a Queer
The De-Mastery of Desire
University of Texas Press
The first full-length study to treat racialized sexuality as a necessary category of analysis for understanding any aspect of Mexican American culture.
Escaping the Fire
How an Ixil Mayan Pastor Led His People Out of a Holocaust During the Guatemalan Civil War
University of Texas Press
An arresting firsthand account of how a Mayan evangelist pastor led his fellow Mayas out of their guerilla-controlled homeland and into the hands of the government army during the Guatemalan civil war.
Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids
Thirty Years of Filmmaking in Austin, Texas
By Alison Macor
University of Texas Press
With fascinating backstories on movies from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to Spy Kids, here is a rollicking history of moviemaking in America’s independent film mecca.
A Gringa in Bogotá
Living Colombia's Invisible War
University of Texas Press
A multifaceted look at a city that has become a model for urban reform even with a war on its doorsteps, interwoven with thought-provoking meditations on living “on the hyphen” between U.S. and Colombian cultures.
Reading World Literature
Theory, History, Practice
Edited by Sarah Lawall
University of Texas Press
A cumulative study of the concept and evolving practices of "world literature."
The Laws of Slavery in Texas
Historical Documents and Essays
Edited by Randolph B. Campbell
University of Texas Press
A remarkable collection of original decrees, court cases, and other documents charting the legal history of African Americans in Texas, from Mexican rule through Confederate law.
Texas Tornado
The Times and Music of Doug Sahm
By Jan Reid and Shawn Sahm
University of Texas Press
The first biography of the Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados founder Doug Sahm, a rock and roll innovator whose Grammy Award–winning career spanned five decades from the late 1940s to 1999.
Real Role Models
Successful African Americans Beyond Pop Culture
By Joah Spearman and Louis Harrison
University of Texas Press
Profiles of twenty-three high-level Black professionals introduce African American youths to role models for career success beyond sports and entertainment.
Love and Politics in the Contemporary Spanish American Novel
University of Texas Press
The first book-length study of Spanish American literature’s new sentimental novel, from Isabel Allende to Gabriel García Márquez.
Go Down, Old Hannah
The Living History of African American Texans
By Naomi Mitchell Carrier; Introduction by John E. Fleming
University of Texas Press
A collection of 15 living history plays about key aspects of African American life commissioned by museums and historic sites in Texas.
El Lector
A History of the Cigar Factory Reader
By Araceli Tinajero; Translated by Judith E. Grasberg
University of Texas Press
An intriguing history of the hired readers who read to cigar factory workers in Cuba, Tampa, Key West, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.
The Chora of Metaponto 2
Archaeozoology at Pantanello and Five Other Sites
University of Texas Press
The second volume in a projected multi-volume series of archaeological site reports from southern Italy that will present a wealth of new information about the region’s ancient rural economy.
Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark
A Life of Service
By Mimi Clark Gronlund; Introduction by Ramsey Clark
University of Texas Press
This biography of the former Attorney General of the United States (1945–1949) and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1949–1967) provides important insights into the workings of the Supreme Court and the justices who served on it during arguably
Spanish Texas, 1519–1821
Revised Edition
University of Texas Press
A thoroughly revised and expanded edition of the authoritative history of Spanish Texas, which presents important new discoveries about Indians and women in early Texas.
Preparing the Mothers of Tomorrow
Education and Islam in Mandate Palestine
University of Texas Press
The first study to examine the education of Muslim girls in Palestine in the first half of the twentieth century.
Murder Was Not a Crime
Homicide and Power in the Roman Republic
University of Texas Press
This pathfinding study looks at how homicide was treated in Roman law from the Roman monarchy through the dictatorship of Sulla (ca. 753–79 BC) to show how criminal law can reveal important aspects of the nature and evolution of political power.
La Pinta
Chicana/o Prisoner Literature, Culture, and Politics
By B. V. Olguín
University of Texas Press
The first scholarly study of the interplay between Chicana/o prisoner culture and political activism from the nineteenth century to the present.
Houston Lost and Unbuilt
University of Texas Press
This fascinating look at what has been lost—and what might have been built—in Houston sounds a call to preserve Houston’s built heritage before more architectural treasures are lost forever.
Diodorus Siculus, The Persian Wars to the Fall of Athens
Books 11-14.34 (480-401 BCE)
Translated by Peter Green
University of Texas Press
By one of the foremost historians and translators in the field of Classics, Peter Green—an authoritative, modern translation of a long-neglected historian whose work covers the most vital century in ancient Greek history.
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