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Predatory Economies

The Sanema and the Socialist State in Contemporary Amazonia

University of Texas Press

A study of the modes of predation used by and against the Sanema people of Venezuela.

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Circumcision and Medicine in Modern Turkey

University of Texas Press

An investigation of how the expansion of modern medicine in Turkey transformed young boys’ experiences of circumcision.

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The Thirty-first of March

An Intimate Portrait of Lyndon Johnson

University of Texas Press

An intimate retelling of Lyndon B. Johnson’s politics and pre.sidency by one of his closest advisors.

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The Mexican American Experience in Texas

Citizenship, Segregation, and the Struggle for Equality

University of Texas Press

A historical overview of Mexican Americans’ social and economic experiences in Texas, told through the lens of their fight for civil rights, from the Spanish period to the present.

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Nested Ecologies

A Multilayered Ethnography of Functional Medicine

University of Texas Press

How functional medicine leverages systems biology and epigenetic science to treat the microbiome and reverse chronic disease.

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Dinosaurs and Other Ancient Animals of Big Bend

University of Texas Press

A time-traveling field guide to the ancient version of Big Bend National Park.

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Handbook of Latin American Studies, Vol. 76

Humanities

University of Texas Press

The newest volume of the benchmark bibliography of Latin American studies.

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Comic Book Women

Characters, Creators, and Culture in the Golden Age

By Peyton Brunet and Blair Davis; Introduction by Trina Robbins
University of Texas Press

A revisionist history of the origins of comic books that reclaims women’s pioneering and pivotal roles as both creators and characters.

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Armadillos to Ziziphus

A Naturalist in the Texas Hill Country

University of Texas Press

This book aims to show people, in short pieces accompanied by one image, some of the surprising, fascinating, and ecologically valuable things happening around a Hill Country ranch.

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We Are All Armenian

Voices from the Diaspora

Edited by Aram Mrjoian
University of Texas Press

A collection of essays about Armenian identity and belonging in the diaspora.

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Trillin on Texas

University of Texas Press

A remarkably perceptive portrait of the Lone Star State, this collection of pieces from the New Yorker, the Nation, and other publications presents highlights of bestselling author Calvin Trillin’s classic writing on Texas subjects.

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Pitching Democracy

Baseball and Politics in the Dominican Republic

University of Texas Press

How Dominicans contribute to Major League Baseball and what they receive in return.

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Contar historias

Escritura creativa en el aula

University of Texas Press

A collection of essays and stories written in Spanish by students for students.

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A Pure Solar World

Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism

University of Texas Press

Surveying the range of Sun Ra’s extraordinary creativity, this book explores how the father of Afrofuturism brought “space music” to a planet in need of transformation, supporting the aspirations of black people in an inhospitable white world.

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Texas Lithographs

A Century of History in Images

University of Texas Press

A stunning and comprehensive collection of lithographs from 1818 to 1900 Texas.

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COVID and Gender in the Middle East

Edited by Rita Stephan
University of Texas Press

A comprehensive study of the gendered economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa.

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The Olympics that Never Happened

Denver '76 and the Politics of Growth

University of Texas Press

A look back at how powerful politicians, business leaders, and a diverse cast of activists used a thwarted Olympics to shape the state of Colorado and the city of Denver.

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Sharpening the Legal Mind

How to Think Like a Lawyer

University of Texas Press

An introduction to what every law student and practitioner needs to know about legal reasoning.

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Before Lawrence v. Texas

The Making of a Queer Social Movement

University of Texas Press

The grassroots queer activism and legal challenges that led to a landmark Supreme Court decision in favor of gay and lesbian equality.

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Unseen Art

Making, Vision, and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica

University of Texas Press

An examination of how ancient Mesoamerican sculpture was experienced by its original audiences.

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The Rural State

Making Comunidades, Campesinos, and Conflict in Peru's Central Sierra

University of Texas Press

A study of the intersection of rural populations, state formation, and the origins of political conflict in Peru.

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Palestinian Rituals of Identity

The Prophet Moses Festival in Jerusalem, 1850-1948

University of Texas Press

An innovative approach to modern Palestinian history as viewed through a study of the Prophet Moses festival from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.

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The Untranslatable Image

A Mestizo History of the Arts in New Spain, 1500–1600

University of Texas Press

Moving beyond the dominant model of syncretism, this extensively illustrated volume proposes a completely different approach to the field known as Latin American “colonial art,” positioning it as a constitutive part of Renaissance and early modern art his

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A Rainbow of Gangs

Street Cultures in the Mega-City

University of Texas Press

This cross-cultural study of Los Angeles gangs identifies the social and economic factors that lead to gang membership and underscores their commonality across four ethnic groups--Chicano, African American, Vietnamese, and Salvadorian.

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The Right Kind of Suffering

Gender, Sexuality, and Arab Asylum Seekers in America

University of Texas Press

An examination of Arab asylum seekers who feel compelled to package their tales of disenfranchisement and suffering to satisfy a deeply reluctant immigration system.

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The Foundations of Glen Canyon Dam

Infrastructures of Dispossession on the Colorado Plateau

University of Texas Press

A history of the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam and social imbalances that resulted from it.

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Unraveling Time

Thirty Years of Ethnography in Cuenca, Ecuador

University of Texas Press

A compelling chronicle of economic, political, and social development in Cuenca.

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Before Writing, Vol. I

From Counting to Cuneiform

University of Texas Press

A fascinating book on the origins of writing.

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Cinema's Original Sin

D.W. Griffith, American Racism, and the Rise of Film Culture

University of Texas Press

How century-long arguments about The Birth of a Nation have profoundly shaped ideas about film, race, and art.

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Fatherhood in the Borderlands

A Daughter's Slow Approach

University of Texas Press

A contemplative exploration of cultural representations of Mexican American fathers in contemporary media.

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