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The Bracero Program
Interest Groups and Foreign Policy
University of Texas Press
The Mexican Farm Labor Program—or bracero program as it came to be known—was from its inception in 1942 a highly controversial issue and became the focal point of an intense interest-group struggle; this struggle and its group combatants provide the centr
Stephen Douglas
The Last Years, 1857–1861
By Damon Wells
University of Texas Press
This study fills the need for a fresh and dispassionate look at Douglas and provides a fairer assessment than can be reached by simply endorsing contradictory views of apologists and critics.
Son of the Alhambra
Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1504-1575
University of Texas Press
Last of the Spanish Renaissance men, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (1504–1575) was a master of the humanist disciplines as well as an active diplomat whose correspondence provides insight into the workings of power politics in the first post-Machiavellian decades.
Seven Interpretive Essays on Peruvian Reality
By José Carlos Mariátegui; Translated by Marjory Urquidi
University of Texas Press
Essays by one of the leading South American social philosophers of the early twentieth century.
Prophet in the Wilderness
The Works of Ezequiel Martínez Estrada
University of Texas Press
This book traces the development of the response to the human dilemma in the works of the Argentine writer Ezequiel Martínez Estrada,
Not Without Honor
The Life of John H. Reagan
University of Texas Press
John H. Reagan was one of the most important figures in Texas history; this was the first biography of him to be published.
Negro Militia and Reconstruction
University of Texas Press
Originally published in 1957, this book is the story of Reconstruction's ill-fated Negro Militia movement, a story with important implication for later times.
Judicial Review in Mexico
A Study of the Amparo Suit
University of Texas Press
A study of the amparo suit, a Mexican legal institution similar in its effects to such Anglo-American procedures as habeas corpus, error, and the various forms of injunctive relief.
Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volumes 10 and 11
Archaeology of Northern Mesoamerica
University of Texas Press
Volumes 10 and 11 describe the pre-Aztec and Aztec cultures of Mexico, from central Veracruz and the Gulf Coast, through the Valley of Mexico, to western Mexico and the northern frontiers of these ancient American civilizations.
Folklore Methodology
Formulated by Julius Krohn and Expanded by Nordic Researchers
By Kaarle Krohn; Translated by Roger L. Welsch
University of Texas Press
Kaarle Krohn's Folklore Methodology was the first systematic attempt to state a method of studying folkloristic materials and became the handbook for the great Finnish School of folklore research.
Faulkner's Revision of Absalom, Absalom!
A Collation of the Manuscript and the Published Book
University of Texas Press
A comparison of different stages of Faulkner's novel.
Crisis in Costa Rica
The 1948 Revolution
University of Texas Press
This book analyzes the circumstances of 1940–1948 that led to a successful armed uprising, as well as the role of José Figueres Ferrer in marshaling disparate groups into a movement sufficiently cohesive to seize and hold power.
Antonio Caso
Philosopher of Mexico
University of Texas Press
A biography of a 20th century Mexican philosopher and educator.
William Hickling Prescott
A Biography
By C. Harvey Gardiner; Introduction by Allan Nevins
University of Texas Press
This biography of a distinguished historian and man of letters is the first study of William Hickling Prescott (1796–1859) to be written by a historian who has worked with the very themes explored by Prescott.
Western Window in the Arab World
University of Texas Press
How American military personnel and their dependents have affected the political and social evolution of Morocco.
Unrest in Brazil
Political-Military Crises 1955-1964
University of Texas Press
Unrest in Brazil describes in exciting detail the government crises and resulting military interventions that punctuated the power struggle between supporters and opponents of Vargas in the decade following his death.
The Texas Land and Development Company
A Panhandle Promotion, 1912-1956
By B.R. Brunson
University of Texas Press
The history of the influential Texas Land and Development Company from its inception in 1912 to its final dissolution in January 1956.
The Structure of Leaves of Grass
University of Texas Press
The basic premise of this study is that Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass is a unified work, lyrical, yet epic in quality, design, and spirit.
The Politics of Puerto Rican University Students
University of Texas Press
A close examination of the social background and political activity of students at the Rio Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico in the 1960s.
The People’s Party in Texas
A Study in Third Party Politics
University of Texas Press
This study of third-party politics in Texas, as well as being an important work in Texas history, provides much insight into the national radical movement of the 1890s.
The Golden Thread and other Plays
By Emilio Carballido; Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden
University of Texas Press
A collection of plays by one of the most innovative and accomplished of Mexico's playwrights and one of the outstanding creators in the new Latin American theater.
The Author of the Prometheus Bound
University of Texas Press
An examination of questions surrounding the ancient Greek play Prometheus Bound, including whether Aeschylus was actually the author.
Ruben Dario Centennial Studies
Edited by Miguel Gonzalez-Gerth and George D. Schade
University of Texas Press
Five lectures from a 1967 symposium celebratng Darío's centenary.
Reconstruction in Texas
University of Texas Press
An examination of events that still impact upon Texas and the South.
Politics of the Chaco Peace Conference, 1935–1939
University of Texas Press
A study of the 1930s dispute between Paraguay and Bolivia and the inter-American peace conference that settled it.
Political Groups in Chile
The Dialogue between Order and Change
University of Texas Press
A study of Chilean politics in the mid-twentieth century.
Maury Maverick
A Political Biography
University of Texas Press
A biography of a notable Texas Congressional representative.
Jarano
By Ramón Beteta; Translated by John Upton
University of Texas Press
The memoir of a Mexican politician's youth during the Revolution.
Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 9
Physical Anthropology
By Robert Wauchope; Edited by T. Dale Stewart
University of Texas Press
An invaluable reference work on the human biology of Middle America and its relationships to human society and culture.
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