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Arrian the Historian
Writing the Greek Past in the Roman Empire
University of Texas Press
The most comprehensive study to date of Arrian of Nicomedia as a historical thinker, this book enriches broader understandings of the way history is written and sheds new light on intellectual culture in the Roman Empire.
The First New Chronicle and Good Government
On the History of the World and the Incas up to 1615
University of Texas Press
An authoritative, annotated English translation from the original manuscript of one of the best sources for understanding the culture of the Incas and the first century of colonial Peru.
Tragedy Plus Time
National Trauma and Television Comedy
University of Texas Press
As the saying goes, “Comedy equals tragedy plus time,” but in the face of tragedies on a national scale, comedy becomes the medium through which audiences untangle accepted understandings of what it means to be American.
Banana Cultures
Agriculture, Consumption, and Environmental Change in Honduras and the United States
By John Soluri
University of Texas Press
A lively, interdisciplinary history of why the banana became America's most popular fresh fruit and how its popularity has affected the “banana republics” of Central America.
Why Labelle Matters
By Adele Bertei
University of Texas Press
Crafting a legacy all their own, the reinvented Labelle subverted the “girl group” aesthetic to invoke the act’s Afrofuturist spirit and make manifest their vision of Black womanhood.
The Sports Revolution
How Texas Changed the Culture of American Athletics
University of Texas Press
The story of Texas’s impact on American sports culture during the civil rights and second-wave feminist movements, this book offers a new understanding of sports and society in the state and the nation as a whole.
A Singing Army
Zilphia Horton and the Highlander Folk School
By Kim Ruehl
University of Texas Press
The first biography of activist and musician Zilphia Horton, a woman who inspired thousands of working people and left a legacy that changed the world.
Modernity for the Masses
Antonio Bonet's Dreams for Buenos Aires
University of Texas Press
A provocative examination of how the discourse and practice of modern architecture was transformed by its encounter with large populations and the volatile politics of twentieth-century Argentina.
It Can Be This Way Always
Images from the Kerrville Folk Festival
University of Texas Press
A graceful and searching photographic ode to the people of the Kerrville Folk Festival, who gather annually in the Texas Hill Country to celebrate music and live an idealistic combination of nonconformity and intentional community.
Lone Star Vistas
Travel Writing on Texas, 1821-1861
By Astrid Haas
University of Texas Press
In the early and mid-nineteenth century, travelers from Mexico, Germany, and the United States wrote vivid accounts of their experiences in Texas, helping to craft a lasting yet contested identity for the territory.
Herodotus and the Question Why
University of Texas Press
An intriguing study of the methods used by the Father of History, providing a new window into ancient historiography and the interwoven nature of scientific and historical discovery.
Promiscuous Power
An Unorthodox History of New Spain
University of Texas Press
Using the rowdy, raunchy, and violent life histories of the local officials and settlers who first colonized Mexico, this iconoclastic book reveals the inherent difficulties of imposing a colonial order in the Americas.
Violence in the Hill Country
The Texas Frontier in the Civil War Era
University of Texas Press
An in-depth history of the Civil War in the Texas Hill Country, this book examines patterns of violence on the Texas frontier to illuminate white Americans’ cultural and political priorities in the nineteenth century.
This Far and No Further
Photographs Inspired by the Voting Rights Movement
University of Texas Press
In This Far and No Further, photographer William Abranowicz delivers more than one hundred contemporary images of the places that shaped the civil rights movement, proving the Edmund Pettus Bridge and other historic sites still have stories to tell.
Brown Trans Figurations
Rethinking Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Chicanx/Latinx Studies
University of Texas Press
One of the first books focused solely on the trans Latinx experience, Brown Trans Figurations describes how transness and brownness interact within queer, trans, and Latinx historical narratives and material contexts.
Renegades and Rogues
The Life and Legacy of Robert E. Howard
By Todd B. Vick
University of Texas Press
A comprehensive biography of Robert E. Howard, the enigmatic creator of Conan the Barbarian and progenitor of the sword and sorcery genre, who published hundreds of short stories and poems before taking his own life at the age of thirty.
Borderlands Curanderos
The Worlds of Santa Teresa Urrea and Don Pedrito Jaramillo
University of Texas Press
A historical exploration of the worlds and healing practices of two curanderos (faith healers) who attracted thousands, rallied their communities, and challenged institutional powers.
Descendants of Aztec Pictography
The Cultural Encyclopedias of Sixteenth-Century Mexico
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive examination of Aztec pictorial encyclopedias and their creation, this book explores how indigenous artists documented their ancestral culture in these texts for those outside their community.
J. Frank Dobie
A Liberated Mind
University of Texas Press
Taking a fresh look at a landmark Texas writer who hasn’t been the subject of a biography since Lon Tinkle’s 1978 An American Original, this book reveals J. Frank Dobie as a “free-range thinker” who fought for liberal political causes.
Empire of the Superheroes
America’s Comic Book Creators and the Making of a Billion-Dollar Industry
University of Texas Press
A detailed look at the evolution of superhero comics from cheap pulp products to a billion-dollar film and publishing industry, and the artists' battles for their intellectual property and financial freedom.
Struggle for Justice
Four Decades of Civil Rights Photography
By Don Carleton
University of Texas Press
Struggle for Justice celebrates the legacy of the photographers who helped galvanize public support for the civil rights movement, often at great personal risk.
Kalima wa Nagham
A Textbook for Teaching Arabic, Volume 1
University of Texas Press
This introductory level textbook presents an innovative Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL) curriculum that uses dialogues and songs to enhance language learning and build cultural awareness.
The Starting Line
Latina/o Children, Texas Schools, and National Debates on Early Education
University of Texas Press
A deeply researched work that sheds light on growing income inequality in Texas and how early education programs, particularly among low-income Latina/o populations, result in varying degrees of success and failure.
Supersex
Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero
Edited by Anna Peppard
University of Texas Press
From Superman and Batman to the X-Men and Young Avengers, Supersex interrogates the relationship between heroism and sexuality, shedding new light on our fantasies of both.
Her Cup for Sweet Cacao
Food in Ancient Maya Society
Edited by Traci Ardren
University of Texas Press
Presenting new data from leading scholars in the field, this collection uses evidence from archaeology, hieroglyphic texts, chemical analyses, and art to explore the many ways food was integral to Classic Maya society.
Soldiers and Silver
Mobilizing Resources in the Age of Roman Conquest
University of Texas Press
A detailed comparative study of resources and military mobilizations in the ancient Mediterranean, this book examines how Rome achieved hegemony over the region and offers a new understanding of the economy of that time.
Haunting Without Ghosts
Spectral Realism in Colombian Literature, Film, and Art
University of Texas Press
An ambitious critical account of "spectral realism," a new, politically charged strain of literature, film, and art that responds to Colombia's drug wars, paramilitary violence, and resulting demands for justice.
Miró Rivera Architects
Building a New Arcadia
By Juan Miró and Miguel Rivera
University of Texas Press
The award-winning work of Miró Rivera Architects is explored through texts, drawings, and original photography; from the Circuit of the Americas to Vertical House, this richly illustrated book offers a unique approach to understanding architecture and urbanism in Texas and beyond.
Lake|Flato
Nature, Place, Craft & Restraint
By Lake|Flato Architects
University of Texas Press
Since 1984 Lake|Flato Architects has been winning awards for its unique buildings committed to sustainability, beauty, and community; this generously illustrated book presents the firm’s most striking creations.
Honky Tonk Hero
By Billy Joe Shaver and Brad Reagan
University of Texas Press
The autobiography of the man Willie Nelson says “may be the best songwriter alive today”.
The LEGO Movie
By Dana Polan
University of Texas Press
In this first book on The LEGO Movie, renowned film and TV scholar Dana Polan shows how, through irony, savvy self-awareness, and knowingness about the culture industry, the blockbuster animated film makes for essential cinema.
Viva George!
Celebrating Washington's Birthday at the US-Mexico Border
University of Texas Press
For 120 years, residents of the cross-border community of Laredo/Nuevo Laredo have celebrated George Washington's birthday together, and this account reveals the essential political work of a time-honored civic tradition.
Friday Night Lives
Photos from the Town, the Team, and After
By Robert Clark; Introduction by Hanif Abdurraqib
University of Texas Press
Robert Clark returns to the photographs of the Permian Panthers he took thirty years ago for the iconic Friday Night Lights, with a selection of his previously unpublished photos plus portraits of the players and the community as they are today.
My Mexico
A Culinary Odyssey with Recipes
University of Texas Press
Now back in print with a fresh design and photographs, My Mexico is the most personal book by Diana Kennedy, renowned as the Julia Child of Mexican cooking and author of the definitive works on the subject, including the James Beard Award-winning Oaxaca a
Frontier Intimacies
Ayoreo Women and the Sexual Economy of the Paraguayan Chaco
By Paola Canova
University of Texas Press
Set in a Mennonite colony of Paraguay's remote Chaco region, this book tracks the lives and contested practices of indigenous Ayoreo women who commodify their sexuality, exposing the fractured workings of frontier capitalism.
Common Insects of Texas and Surrounding States
A Field Guide
By John C. Abbott and Kendra Abbott
University of Texas Press
In this vividly illustrated field guide, two leading entomologists use their combined fifty-six years of fieldwork to present the most comprehensive and authoritative guide to Texas's insects.
Thai Fresh
Beloved Recipes from a South Austin Icon
By Jam Sanitchat and Kim Lane
University of Texas Press
Radical Cartographies
Participatory Mapmaking from Latin America
University of Texas Press
Shedding light on the innovative uses of participatory mapping emerging from Latin America’s marginalized communities, this diverse collection reconceptualizes what maps mean as representations of identity and place.
Donald Seldin
The Maestro of Medicine
University of Texas Press, University of Texas Health Press
The inspiring biography of Donald Seldin, the physician, scientist, and academic leader who transformed the ramshackle Southwestern Medical College into a powerhouse of scientific research and patient care.
The Red Caddy
Into the Unknown with Edward Abbey
By Charles Bowden; Introduction by Luis Alberto Urrea
University of Texas Press
The first literary biography of Edward Abbey in a generation, this thoughtful memoir serves as a meditation on the writing life, the cult of readers, reputation, and the literary afterlife of a well-known writer.
The Adorned Body
Mapping Ancient Maya Dress
University of Texas Press
The Adorned Body is the first truly comprehensive book on what the ancient Maya wore, a systematic survey of dress and ornaments, from head to toe and everything in between.
Mainstream Maverick
John Hughes and New Hollywood Cinema
By Holly Chard
University of Texas Press
The first scholarly book on John Hughes examines Hollywood's complex relationship with genre, the role of the auteur in commercial cinema, and the legacy of favorites such as Sixteen Candles and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back
Dilemmas of the Modern Fan
By Jessica Luther and Kavitha Davidson
University of Texas Press
Acclaimed sports writers Jessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson explore what it means to be a fan, even as ethical concerns--from doping to domestic violence--complicate the games we love
Fangirls
Scenes from Modern Music Culture
By Hannah Ewens
University of Texas Press
Touching on her own experiences as a music obsessive, Hannah Ewens captures the joy and community of young women bonded by their musical fandoms and the impact these fangirls have on the artists they love.
Texas Place Names
By Edward Callary and Jean K. Callary
University of Texas Press
From Alice to Zephyr, this colorful compendium tells the story behind more than three thousand intriguing place names in Texas, revealing the turning points that put Dime Box, Shiner, and other distinctive appellations on the map.
Landed Internationals
Planning Cultures, the Academy, and the Making of the Modern Middle East
By Burak Erdim
University of Texas Press
Landed Internationals explores how postwar encounters in housing and planning helped transform the dynamics of international development and challenged American modernity.
A Thirsty Land
The Fight for Water in Texas
University of Texas Press
A Thirsty Land chronicles Texans’ epic struggles over water, from San Antonio’s mission-era acequias to today’s debates in the face of climate change and population growth, with an eye toward innovative technologies and strategies for increasing the suppl
Flash of Light, Wall of Fire
Japanese Photographs Documenting the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
University of Texas Press
Featuring over one hundred photographs taken after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this book forces us to confront the human and environmental costs of nuclear war.
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