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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.
History of the Inca Empire
An Account of the Indians' Customs and Their Origin, Together with a Treatise on Inca Legends, History, and Social Institutions
By Father Bernabe Cobo; Translated by Roland Hamilton
University of Texas Press
A seventeenth-century account of Inca history and customs.
The Languages of Native America
Historical and Comparative Assessment
Edited by Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun
University of Texas Press
These essays were drawn from the papers presented at the Linguistic Society of America's Summer Institute at the State University of New York at Oswego in 1976.
The Cypress and Other Writings of a German Pioneer in Texas
By Hermann Seele; Translated by Edward C. Breitenkamp
University of Texas Press
This personal record of the Germans in Texas shows their evolution from struggling colonists to prosperous citizens.
Linguistics, Philosophy, and Montague Grammar
Edited by Steven Davis and Marianne Mithun
University of Texas Press
This volume presents significant developments in the field of Montague Grammar and outlines its past and future contributions to philosophy and linguistics.
Government and Society in Afghanistan
The Reign of Amir ‘Abd al-Rahman Khan
University of Texas Press
This is an authoritative study of the administrative, social, and economic structure of Afghanistan during a decisive stage in its history.
Notes Illustrating the Military Geography of the United States, 1813–1880
University of Texas Press
A valuable research tool for military historians, tracing the confusing mutations through which the divisions, departments, and districts of the Army's command had evolved between 1813 and 1880.
Violence and Culture in the Antebellum South
University of Texas Press
This provocative book draws from a variety of sources—literature, politics, folklore, social history—to attempt to set Southern beliefs about violence in a cultural context.
The Rise and Fall of the Paraguayan Republic, 1800–1870
University of Texas Press
A masterly account of the events and people during a remarkable period in Paraguay's history.
Ancient Panama
Chiefs in Search of Power
University of Texas Press
This book adds depth to our understanding of the political and religious elite ruling in Panama at thetime of the European conquest.
The Chicano Worker
University of Texas Press
An incisive analysis of the labor-market experiences of Mexican American workers in the late twentieth century.
Beekmantown, New York
Forest Frontier to Farm Community
University of Texas Press
This volume reports in detail how a particular portion of the American wilderness developed into a settled farming community.
The United States and the Global Struggle for Minerals
University of Texas Press
How the quest for secure and stable supplies of industrial materials has been an important underlying theme of international relations and American diplomacy.
Many Times, But Then
University of Texas Press
A collection of poems by the award-winning poet.
Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands since the First World War
Edited by William S. Livingston and Wm. Roger Louis
University of Texas Press
In this volume, some of the most distinguished scholars of the Pacific region assess significant historical changes in Australia, New Zealand, and the adjacent islands from 1919 to 1970.
The Law of the Heart
Individualism and the Modern Self in American Literature
University of Texas Press
This work attempts to develop a new understanding of democratic individualism and liberal humanism in American literature under the rubric of literary modernism.
Maya Archaeology and Ethnohistory
Edited by Norman Hammond and Gordon R. Willey
University of Texas Press
The essays here offer a conspectus of late-twentieth century Maya research and a series of case histories of the work of some of the leading scholars in the field.
Contemporary Portugal
The Revolution and Its Antecedents
University of Texas Press
Essays on Portugal in the mid-1970s.
Brazil and the Quiet Intervention, 1964
University of Texas Press
Relying principally on documents from the Johnson and Kennedy presidential libraries, Phyllis Parker unravels the events of the 1964 Goulart coup in fascinating detail.
Town in the Empire
Government, Politics, and Society in Seventeenth Century Popayán
University of Texas Press
A study of a seventeenth-century town more typical of everyday colonial life than the major centers that have drawn most attention from historians.
Political Attitudes in Venezuela
Societal Cleavages and Political Opinion
By Enrique A. Baloyra and John D. Martz
University of Texas Press
A benchmark study of voter attitudes in a Latin American country.
Peasant Cooperation and Capitalist Expansion in Central Peru
Edited by Norman Long and Bryan R. Roberts
University of Texas Press
This book brings together the research into regional development and social change carried out in highland Peru by a team of British and Latin American social anthropologists and sociologists.
Marx and History
From Primitive Society to the Communist Future
University of Texas Press
In this book Marx's observations on history, which are found scattered throughout his voluminous writings, are brought together and subjected to searching analysis.
Dos Passos
Artist as American
University of Texas Press
In this first study of all Dos Passos' writing, Linda W. Wagner examines his fiction, poetry, drama, travel essays, and history—a body of work that evokes a vivid image of America meant to be neither judgmental nor moralistic.
Water Management in the Yellow River Basin of China
University of Texas Press
This work deals with the technological problems faced by the Chinese in taming the destructive river and also focuses on cultural attitudes that have governed the Chinese response to nature.
Cognitive Styles in Law Schools
University of Texas Press
A study of differences in cognitive styles among 800 law students.
The Fifth Sun
Aztec Gods, Aztec World
By Burr Cartwright Brundage; Illustrated by Roy E. Anderson
University of Texas Press
A study of Aztec religion and mythology.
Mier Expedition Diary
A Texan Prisoner's Account
University of Texas Press
The diary of a nineteen-year-old Texan who took part in this disastrous invasion of Mexico.
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