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Trees & Shrubs of the Trans-Pecos and Adjacent Areas
University of Texas Press
The only keyed guide to the more than 400 species of woody plants native to the Trans-Pecos region and adjacent areas.
Our Joyce
From Outcast to Icon
By Joseph Kelly
University of Texas Press
This book explores an amazing transformation of a literary reputation, offering a frank look into how and for whose benefit literary reputations are constructed.
The Second Conquest of Latin America
Coffee, Henequen, and Oil during the Export Boom, 1850-1930
Edited by Steven C. Topik and Allen Wells
University of Texas Press
How Latin America's exporting of three major commodities changed the region.
Texas Land Ethics
University of Texas Press
A new vision for living on the land, a "land ethic" that respects the stability, integrity, and beauty of the "land community."
Intimate Commerce
Exchange, Gender, and Subjectivity in Greek Tragedy
University of Texas Press
An illuminating analysis of the exchange of women in Sophocles’ Trachiniae, Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, and Euripides’ Alcestis.
Chicano Art Inside/Outside the Master’s House
Cultural Politics and the CARA Exhibition
University of Texas Press
The first interdisciplinary cultural study of a major exhibition of Chicano/a art.
The Political Economy of Latin America in the Postwar Period
Edited by Laura Randall
University of Texas Press
An examination of the economic policies and their outcomes in several Latin American states.
Iranian Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century
University of Texas Press
A thematic account of the Iranian intelligentsia from the Constitutional movement of 1905 to the post-1979 revolution.
For All Seasons
A Big Bend Journal
By Roland H. Wauer; Illustrated by Nancy McGowan
University of Texas Press
In this book, Roland Wauer shares his love of the Big Bend through journal entries that chronicle a year in the life of the park.
Sacred Leaves of Candomblé
African Magic, Medicine, and Religion in Brazil
University of Texas Press
This book traces the origin, diffusion, medicinal use, and meaning of Candomblé’s healing pharmacopoeia—the sacred leaves.
The Passion of David Lynch
Wild at Heart in Hollywood
University of Texas Press
Close readings of Lynch's films, informed by unprecedented, in-depth interviews with Lynch himself.
Selznick's Vision
Gone with the Wind and Hollywood Filmmaking
By Alan David Vertrees; Introduction by Thomas Schatz
University of Texas Press
Alan David Vertrees challenges the popular image of Selznick as a megalomaniacal meddler whose hiring and firing of directors and screenwriters created a patchwork film that succeeded despite his interference.
Science in Medieval Islam
An Illustrated Introduction
University of Texas Press
This book offers a fully illustrated, highly accessible introduction to the scientific achievements of medieval Islam.
Architecture and Its Sculpture in Viceregal Mexico
University of Texas Press
A much-needed overview of Mexican colonial architecture and its attendant sculpture.
American Indian Sovereignty and the U.S. Supreme Court
The Masking of Justice
University of Texas Press
In this book, David Wilkins examines fifteen landmark cases in which the Supreme Court significantly curtailed Indian rights.
Wildflowers of Houston and Southeast Texas
By John L. Tveten and Gloria Tveten
University of Texas Press
The first guide to the wildflowers of the Houston area; also useful in nearby parts of Texas.
Vietnam
The Early Decisions
Edited by Lloyd C. Gardner and Ted Gittinger
University of Texas Press
In this fresh look at the archival evidence, noted scholars take up the challenge to provide us with their conclusions about the early decisions that put the United States on the path to the greatest American tragedy since the Civil War.
The Caddo Nation
Archaeological and Ethnohistoric Perspectives
By Timothy K. Perttula; Introduction by Thomas R. Hester
University of Texas Press
An exploration of Caddoan cultural change from the perspectives of both archaeological data and historical, ethnographic, and archival records.
Nahuat Myth and Social Structure
University of Texas Press
This book brings together an important collection of modern-day Aztec Indian folktales and vividly demonstrates how these tales have been shaped by the social structure of the communities in which they are told.
Mummies and Mortuary Monuments
A Postprocessual Prehistory of Central Andean Social Organization
University of Texas Press
A boldly revisionist view of the organization of the ayllu, ancient Andean kinship groups.
Community Organizing for Urban School Reform
University of Texas Press
How engaged citizens have worked to improve education in inner-city schools.
Women and Social Movements in Latin America
Power from Below
By Lynn Stephen
University of Texas Press
This innovative, comparative study explores six cases of women’s grassroots activism in Mexico, El Salvador, Brazil, and Chile.
Voices from the Wild Horse Desert
The Vaquero Families of the King and Kenedy Ranches
By Jane Clements Monday and Betty Bailey Colley; Introduction by Carolina Castillo Crimm and Stephen J. “Tio” Kleberg
University of Texas Press
Stories of the men and women who make ranching possible in the Wild Horse Desert.
The Fragmented Novel in Mexico
The Politics of Form
University of Texas Press
This book examines fragmentation as a literary strategy that reflects the social and political fissures within modern Mexican society and introduces readers to a more participatory reading of texts.
The City of Mexico in the Age of Díaz
University of Texas Press
In this book, the author examines the character of Mexico City and, through it, the Mexican national character that shaped and was shaped by the capital city.
Sexual Textualities
Essays on Queer/ing Latin American Writing
University of Texas Press
A queer reading of literary and cultural aspects of Latin American texts.
From Can See to Can’t
Texas Cotton Farmers on the Southern Prairies
By Thad Sitton and Dan K. Utley
University of Texas Press
An insider’s view of Texas cotton farming in the late 1920s.
The Maghrib in Question
Essays in History and Historiography
Edited by Michel Le Gall and Kenneth Perkins
University of Texas Press
This book provides a "state of the field" survey of postcolonial Maghribi historiography.
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