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Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia
Edited by Giovanni Casadio and Patricia A. Johnston
University of Texas Press
An anthology of important discoveries exploring the “mystery religions” of the classical world.
The Mexican Petroleum Industry in the Twentieth Century
Edited by Jonathan C. Brown and Alan Knight
University of Texas Press
This book seeks to explain the impact of the oil sector on Mexico's economic, political, and social development.
Joyce's Web
The Social Unraveling of Modernism
University of Texas Press
In this revolutionary work, Margot Norris proposes that Joyce’s art critiques modernism’s fundamental concept of the artist as martyr to bourgeois sensibilities by revealing an awareness of the artist’s connections to and constraints within bourgeois soci
Field Guide to the Songbirds of South America
The Passerines
By Robert S. Ridgely and Guy Tudor
University of Texas Press
Drawn from The Birds of South America: The Oscine Passerines and The Birds of South America: The Suboscine Passerines—including full accounts of nearly 2,000 species and more than 400 new bird paintings, for a total of more than 1,500 species illustrations—this is the definitive field guide to South American songbirds.
Regulation in the White House
The Johnson Presidency
University of Texas Press
An examination of regulatory policy and its development in the Johnson administration.
Veiled Brightness
A History of Ancient Maya Color
By Stephen D. Houston, Claudia Brittenham, Cassandra Mesick, Alexandre Tokovinine, and Christina Warinner
University of Texas Press
The first systematic study of how the ancient Maya peoples perceived and used color.
Trees of Paradise and Pillars of the World
The Serial Stelae Cycle of "18-Rabbit–God K," King of Copan
University of Texas Press
This ambitious study argues that Maya stelae were erected not only to support a ruler's temporal claims to power but more importantly to express the fundamental connection in Maya worldview between rulership and the cosmology inherent in their vision of c
Red, Black, and Jew
New Frontiers in Hebrew Literature
By Stephen Katz
University of Texas Press
The first English book-length study of its kind: A fascinating examination of American Jewish immigrants whose literary legacy included messages of freedom for all marginalized populations, particularly Native Americans and those with African ancestry.
Ballads of the Lords of New Spain
The Codex Romances de los Senores de la Nueva Espana
University of Texas Press
An authoritative transcription, translation, and commentary on a sixteenth-century Nahuatl codex that is one of only two principal sources of Aztec song and a key document in the study of Aztec life in the century after conquest.
A Young Palestinian's Diary, 1941–1945
The Life of Sami 'Amr
By Kimberly Katz; Introduction by Salim Tamari
University of Texas Press
A new perspective on life in British Mandate Palestine during the last four years of World War II, captured through the eyes of a young civil servant whose rare diary, accompanied by insightful historical commentary, addresses fundamental aspects of the region’s recent history.
The Colombian Novel, 1844-1987
University of Texas Press
An overview of seventeen major authors and more than one hundred works spanning the years 1844 to 1987.
Your Brain on Latino Comics
From Gus Arriola to Los Bros Hernandez
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive exploration of Latino representations in comics, from Marvel superheroes to creations by Latino masters such as Richard Dominguez.
The Master Showmen of King Ranch
The Story of Beto and Librado Maldonado
By Betty Bailey Colley, Jane Clements Monday, and Beto Maldonado; Introduction by Stephen J. “Tio” Kleberg
University of Texas Press
A lifelong King Ranch employee recalls his and his father’s adventures in showing the ranch’s famed Santa Gertrudis cattle at venues around the world.
Social Stratification in Central Mexico, 1500-2000
By Hugo G. Nutini and Barry L. Isaac
University of Texas Press
Based on fifty years of ethnographic fieldwork, as well as extensive archival research, this is the most complete study of the historical evolution of Mexico’s class system currently available.
Viewpoints
Visual Anthropologists at Work
Edited by Mary Strong and Laena Wilder
University of Texas Press
A broad study of the innovations, obligations, and new possibilities in the field of visual anthropology.
The Wrecking of La Salle's Ship Aimable and the Trial of Claude Aigron
By Robert S. Weddle; Translated by François Lagarde
University of Texas Press
A detailed account of the wrecking—and legal aftermath—of La Salle’s ship Aimable in 1685.
Private Women, Public Lives
Gender and the Missions of the Californias
University of Texas Press
A study of three women’s lives in colonial California and what they reveal about gendered colonial relations and power hierarchies.
Postnationalism in Chicana/o Literature and Culture
University of Texas Press
Offering a new interpretation of cultural nationalism in Chicana/o identity, this provocative work examines the relationship between globalization and the rise of feminism and gay/lesbian activism.
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