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Environmental Studies of a Marine Ecosystem
South Texas Outer Continental Shelf
Edited by R. Warren Flint and Nancy N. Rabalais
University of Texas Press
The last major study of the living and nonliving resources of the south Texas outer continental shelf to have been conducted before the Ixtoc oil spill of 1979.
The British Soldier in America
A Social History of Military Life in the Revolutionary Period
University of Texas Press
In her investigation of the social history of the common British soldier in the era of the American Revolution, Sylvia Frey has extensively surveyed recruiting records, contemporary training manuals, statutes, and memoirs in an attempt to provide insight into the soldier's "life and mind."
Beyond Spoon River
The Legacy of Edgar Lee Masters
University of Texas Press
As the first full-length critical study of Edgar Lee Masters, Beyond Spoon River is important not only for its reevaluation of this American poet and his work but also for its valuable insights into central questions of aesthetics, regionalism, and the nature and meaning of literary influence.
Federalism and Regional Development
Case Studies on the Experience in the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany
Edited by George W. Hoffman
University of Texas Press
The result of the first German-American geography seminar, held at the University of Texas in September 1979, this book deals with the impact of geographic policy planning by various governmental agencies in both the Federal Republic of Germany and the Un
The Ethics of Intensity in American Fiction
By Tony Hilfer
University of Texas Press
Drawing upon the philosophical theories of William James, Dewey, and Mead and focusing upon major works by Whitman, Stein, Howells, Dreiser, and Henry James, Anthony Hilfer explores how these authors have structured their characters' consciousness, their purpose in doing so, and how this presentation controls the reader's moral response.
Judge and Jury in Imperial Brazil, 1808–1871
Social Control and Political Stability in the New State
By Thomas Flory
University of Texas Press
An analysis of the Brazilian lower-court system in the nineteenth century, where the private interests of society and the public interests of the state intersected.
And Other Neighborly Names
Social Process and Cultural Image in Texas Folklore
Edited by Richard Bauman and Roger D. Abrahams
University of Texas Press
A collection of essays devoted to various aspects of folk tradition in Texas.
The Politics of Population in Brazil
Elite Ambivalence and Public Demand
By Peter McDonough and Amaury DeSouza
University of Texas Press
This book examines the attitudes toward population planning of Brazilian government officials and other elites—bishops, politicians, labor leaders, and business owners—in comparison with mass public opinion.
The Ben Lilly Legend
University of Texas Press
The Ben Lilly Legend brings back to life a great American hunter—the greatest bear hunter in history after Davy Crockett, by his own account and also by the record.
Now You Hear My Horn
The Journal of James Wilson Nichols, 1820–1887
By James Wilson Nichols; Edited by Catherine W. McDowell
University of Texas Press
A fast-moving, fascinating frontier history by a man who was really there.
Notes in Banach Spaces
Edited by H. Elton Lacey
University of Texas Press
These lectures in functional analysis cover several aspects of Banach spaces, a conceptualization of complete normed linear spaces developed by Stefan Banach in 1932, and include a number of topics which had never before been treated in expository form. They were presented as a part of the University of Texas Mathematics Department Seminars in Analysis series in 1977–1979
Mobility and Integration in Urban Argentina
Córdoba in the Liberal Era
University of Texas Press
An examination of the occupational, residential, educational, and economic patterns of mobility of some four thousand men, women, and children who resided in Córdoba, Argentina's most important interior city, between the 1870s and World War I.
Cow People
University of Texas Press
Cow People records the fading memories of a bygone Texas, the reminiscences of the cow people themselves.
Meyerhold at Work
University of Texas Press
Focusing on Russian director Vsevolod Meyerhold’s postrevolutionary career, Paul Schmidt has assembled in this book journals, letters, reminiscences, and, of special interest, actual rehearsal notes that build a fascinating, intimate picture of Meyerhold
The Territorial Experience
Human Ecology as Symbolic Interaction
By E. Gordon Ericksen; Introduction by Herbert Blumer
University of Texas Press
Ericksen gives us a fresh perspective on human ecology by reconstructing the discipline in a way that genuinely reflects the realities of our territorial life.
Nomad
George A. Custer in Turf, Field, and Farm
Edited by Brian W. Dippie
University of Texas Press
Fifteen letters that George Armstrong Custer contriuted to the New York-based sportsman's journal Turf, Field and Farm under the pseudonym Nomad.
From Ballot to Bench
Judicial Elections and the Quest for Accountability
University of Texas Press
A searching scrutiny of the criticisms raised against judicial elections.
Domestic Intelligence
Monitoring Dissent in America
University of Texas Press
The 1970s revealed a number of infamous and sometimes illegal practices used by federal law enforcement agencies to monitor political dissent in the United States; this volume examines the tension between the need to protect privacy and political dissent
Institutional Economics
The Changing System
University of Texas Press
Wendell Gordon presents the philosophy of economic institutionalism clearly and evocatively, in the tradition of the pragmatism of Peirce, James, and Dewey.
Chicano Authors
Inquiry by Interview
By Bruce-Novoa
University of Texas Press
Fourteen leading Chicano authors respond to questions about their personal and educational backgrounds, their perception of the role of the Chicano writer, and their evaluation of the literary, linguistic, and sociocultural significance of Chicano literature.
Bird Student
An Autobiography
University of Texas Press
The autobiography of a major twentieth century ornithologist.
Realignment in American Politics
Toward a Theory
Edited by Bruce A. Campbell and Richard J. Trilling
University of Texas Press
This book is about the phenomenon of realignment, a sharp, enduring shift in voter support of the two major parties, in American politics.
Manufacturing the News
By Mark Fishman
University of Texas Press
How the routine methods of gathering news, rather than any hidden manipulators, determine the ideological character of the product.
Folklore by the Fireside
Text and Context of the Tuscan Veglia
By Alessandro Falassi; Introduction by Roger D. Abrahams
University of Texas Press
This is the first work to deal systematically with Tuscan folklore from a semiotic and structural viewpoint and to examine the veglia as a means of handing down traditional values.
Poverty and Problem-Solving under Military Rule
The Urban Poor in Lima, Peru
University of Texas Press
Henry Dietz investigates Lima’s poor during the “revolution” of General Juan Velasco (1968–1975), examining both the structural conditions promoting poverty and the individual consequences of being poor.
Counting-Out Rhymes
A Dictionary
Edited by Roger D. Abrahams and Lois Rankin
University of Texas Press
A definitive compendium of children’s counting-out rhymes in English reported to 1980.
Supermadre
Women in Politics in Latin America
University of Texas Press
An examination of women's roles in Latin American politics and how it is often confined to positions that are extensions of their roles as mothers.
The Japanese On Trial
Allied War Crimes Operations in the East, 1945–1951
University of Texas Press
This comprehensive treatment of post–World War II Allied war crimes trials in the Far East is the first full-length assessment of the entire Far East operation.
Elites, Masses, and Modernization in Latin America, 1850–1930
By E. Bradford Burns and Thomas E. Skidmore; Edited by Virginia Bernhard; Introduction by Richard Graham
University of Texas Press
This volume explores the interactions between the elites and the lower classes of Latin America through the divergent perspectives of three eminent historians.
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