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Demosthenes, Speeches 20-22
Translated by Edward M. Harris
University of Texas Press
Three important speeches by the greatest orator of classical antiquity that illuminate Athenian law and culture in the fourth century BC.
Creating Outdoor Classrooms
Schoolyard Habitats and Gardens for the Southwest
University of Texas Press
A practical, hands-on guide for creating schoolyard gardens using native Southwestern plants, fully illustrated with photographs, drawings, and design plans.
Blood Lines
Myth, Indigenism, and Chicana/o Literature
University of Texas Press
Placing texts of Chicana/o indigenism and nationalism alongside European and Euro-American ethnographic, travel, and journalistic writing, this is the first comprehensive, comparative literary study of its kind.
Authorship in Film Adaptation
Edited by Jack Boozer
University of Texas Press
Opening a new area in the study of film adaptation, twelve scholars investigate the crucial role of the screenplay in transforming written narratives into film.
Why the Humanities Matter
A Commonsense Approach
University of Texas Press
A rousing rethinking of current critical theory and the role of culture in realms ranging from art and literature to justice and history.
When the Center Is on Fire
Passionate Social Theory for Our Times
By Diane Harriford and Becky Thompson
University of Texas Press
A provocative reappraisal of how classic social thinkers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries—W. E. B. Du Bois, Max Weber, Karl Marx, and Émile Durkheim—can help us understand the social traumas of the twenty-first century, including 9/11.
There Was a Woman
La Llorona from Folklore to Popular Culture
University of Texas Press
A critical analysis of the important ways in which La Llorona—the Weeping Woman—has shaped Mexican cultural identity, from folktales to acts of political resistance.
Palace Politics
How the Ruling Party Brought Crisis to Mexico
University of Texas Press
Drawing on candid interviews with former Mexican officials, a journalist reveals the inside story of the “perfect dictatorship” they once ran.
Monkey Business Theatre
University of Texas Press
A history of and collection of translated plays from Mexico's most renowned Mayan theatre group.
Electronic Tribes
The Virtual Worlds of Geeks, Gamers, Shamans, and Scammers
Edited by Tyrone L. Adams and Stephen A. Smith
University of Texas Press
From MySpace.com to Nigerian e-mail scams, sixteen competitively selected essays inquire into the causes and consequences of the “tribes” that are facilitated by the Internet.
Chicano Rap
Gender and Violence in the Postindustrial Barrio
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive look at the meanings and uses of rap music and hip hop culture among Chicano/a youth.
Deception and Abuse at the Fed
Henry B. Gonzalez Battles Alan Greenspan's Bank
University of Texas Press
An authoritative, well-documented exposé of abuses of power at the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank (the Fed) during the tenure of renowned chairman, Alan Greenspan.
Around the World with LBJ
My Wild Ride as Air Force One Pilot, White House Aide, and Personal Confidant
University of Texas Press
LBJ’s personal pilot—one of the few to fly Air Force One and simultaneously hold a full-time job in the White House—offers vivid recollections of the thirty-sixth president.
World War II and Mexican American Civil Rights
Edited by Richard Griswold del Castillo
University of Texas Press
The first book-length account of how World War II galvanized Mexican Americans of the “Greatest Generation” to seek full rights and inclusion in American society.
The Los Angeles Plaza
Sacred and Contested Space
By William David Estrada; Introduction by Devra Weber
University of Texas Press
The first in-depth study of Los Angeles through the lens of its original core at the old city Plaza.
Texas Monthly On . . .
Food
Edited by editors of Texas Monthly; Introduction by Evan Smith
University of Texas Press
Some of the most delicious writing about food and food culture in Texas—recipes included—from the state's tastemaker magazine, Texas Monthly.
Teatro Chicana
A Collective Memoir and Selected Plays
University of Texas Press
A firsthand history of a Chicana women's political theatre group that operated in the 1970s and 1980s in San Diego.
Santiago's Children
What I Learned about Life at an Orphanage in Chile
By Steve Reifenberg; Introduction by Paul Farmer
University of Texas Press
A beautifully written memoir about life among the most vulnerable, yet resilient residents of Latin America—its poor children.
Arabs in the Mirror
Images and Self-Images from Pre-Islamic to Modern Times
University of Texas Press
A fascinating look at how Arabs have sought to define their own identity and how they have been viewed by others from pre-Islamic times to the last decades of the twentieth century.
The Color of Loss
An Intimate Portrait of New Orleans after Katrina
By Dan Burkholder; Introduction by Andrei Codrescu
University of Texas Press
Using an innovative digital technology that creates photographs that look almost like paintings, Dan Burkholder offers a powerful new way of seeing New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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