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The Making of Gone With The Wind
By Steve Wilson; Introduction by Robert Osborne
University of Texas Press
More than 600 rarely seen items from the David O. Selznick archive offer fans and film historians alike a must-have behind-the-camera view of the production of this classic movie on its seventy-fifth anniversary.
The Family Jewels
The CIA, Secrecy, and Presidential Power
By John Prados
University of Texas Press
With a new epilogue that discusses the revelations of former CIA employee Edward Snowden, this powerful accounting of intelligence abuses committed by the CIA from the Cold War through the war on terror reveals why such abuses and attempts to conceal them
LBJ and the Presidential Management of Foreign Relations
University of Texas Press
In this insightful study, Paul Y. Hammond, an experienced analyst of bureaucratic politics, adapts and extends that approach to explain and evaluate the Johnson administration’s performance in foreign relations in terms that have implications for the post
Being Miss America
Behind the Rhinestone Curtain
By Kate Shindle
University of Texas Press
Kate Shindle weaves an engrossing memoir of her year as Miss America 1998 with a fascinating, insightful history of the pageant to reveal why confident, ambitious young women still compete in a beauty contest that struggles to remain culturally relevant.
Native Evangelism in Central Mexico
By Hugo G. Nutini and Jean F. Nutini
University of Texas Press
A foundational work by a revered pioneer in the study of native evangelism, this book illuminates the psychological, theological, and pragmatic elements of conversion to two of Mexico’s pivotal Protestant evangelical sects, La Luz del Mundo and Amistad y
Common Woody Plants and Cacti of South Texas
A Field Guide
University of Texas Press
With seven new species, new photographs, and a quick plant identification key, here is a completely updated and expanded edition of A Field Guide to Common South Texas Shrubs, which has sold over 10,000 copies.
U.S. Foreign Policy and Peru
University of Texas Press
This book presents the first authoritative and comprehensive account of the development of the Peruvian revolution of 1968.
The History of Tense/Aspect/Mood/Voice in the Mayan Verbal Complex
University of Texas Press
In this pathfinding study of the Mayan language family, John S. Robertson explores major changes that have occurred in the core of Mayan grammar from the earliest, reconstructed ancestral language down through the colonial languages to the modern language
Language and Social Relationship in Brazilian Portuguese
The Pragmatics of Politeness
University of Texas Press
In this innovative study of pragmatics in Brazilian Portuguese, Dale Koike analyzes the politeness phenomenon, specifically in the context of speech acts known as "directives."
Electing a President
The Markle Commission Research on Campaign '88
University of Texas Press
A thought-provoking analysis of the 1988 presidential election.
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