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Ritual Violence in the Ancient Andes
Reconstructing Sacrifice on the North Coast of Peru
Edited by Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive synthesis of a major topic in Andean archaeology, this volume reconstructs the complex and situational motivations underlying ritual killing and the broader range of pre- and post-killing rites that were integral to ancient liturgi
Kalima wa Nagham
A Textbook for Teaching Arabic, Volume 2
University of Texas Press
This textbook presents an innovative Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL) curriculum that enhances language learning and builds cultural awareness by incorporating media language to help students understand news reports and original cartoons that
The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages
By Chris Rogers
University of Texas Press
Drawing on a wealth of previously neglected data to fully describe all aspects of phonology, morphology, and syntax as well as historical development, this is the most comprehensive reference book published to date on southeastern Guatemala’s four nearly
The Politics of Dependency
US Reliance on Mexican Oil and Farm Labor
University of Texas Press
Through an unprecedented analysis of two crucial energy sectors, this book illuminates the economic and political factors that caused the United States and Mexico to develop an asymmetrical codependency that disproportionally benefits the United States.
Beyond the City
Resource Extraction Urbanism in South America
University of Texas Press
Presenting five case studies from South America, this foundational book examines the roles played by architecture and urban design in large territorial transformation projects, which remake landscapes but leave a questionable legacy when resource-extracti
Afghanistan
Between Hope and Fear
University of Texas Press
One of the world’s leading female photojournalists presents a powerful photo essay of daily life in war-torn Afghanistan, offering the most complete visual narrative history of this pivotal Middle East country currently in print.
Progressive Mothers, Better Babies
Race, Public Health, and the State in Brazil, 1850-1945
University of Texas Press
This illuminating study explores the social and cultural history of Brazilian family health and welfare policies—particularly the effect of the reform-minded maternalist movement on impoverished women and children and on the uneven integration of Afro-Bra
Becoming Belafonte
Black Artist, Public Radical
University of Texas Press
Spotlighting a vibrant episode in the evolution of African American culture and consciousness in America, this book illuminates how multitalented performer Harry Belafonte became a civil rights icon, internationalist, and proponent of black pride and powe
Heaven, Hell, and Everything in Between
Murals of the Colonial Andes
University of Texas Press
This first comprehensive English-language study of the church-wall paintings created in Peru’s Cuzco region from the sixteenth through the early nineteenth centuries unveils the complex intersections of religious artists, indigenous congregants, and colon
Black Bodies, Black Rights
The Politics of Quilombolismo in Contemporary Brazil
University of Texas Press
Through extensive field research, this book examines the complicated legal and personal journey facing modern descendants of runaway slave communities as they seek constitutionally granted reparations for their ancestors’ hardships.
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