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Corporate Crops
Biotechnology, Agriculture, and the Struggle for Control
University of Texas Press
An eye-opening examination of four legal cases concerning genetically modified seeds in Saskatchewan and Mississippi, using the lens of political economy to make crucial connections between sociological repercussions and legal proceedings involving Monsan
Conspiracy Theory in Latin Literature
By Victoria Emma Pagán; Introduction by Mark Fenster
University of Texas Press
This provocative new companion to Conspiracy Narratives in Roman History shows how viewing an array of Latin texts through the lens of conspiracy theory reveals a host of socioeconomic tensions from the Roman Republic through the age of the emperors.
Americans All
Good Neighbor Cultural Diplomacy in World War II
University of Texas Press
This study of the most fully developed and intensive use of “soft power” diplomacy in U.S. history explores how the U.S. government enlisted Walt Disney, Orson Welles, John Ford, and other cultural leaders and institutions to bolster inter-American cultur
The Informal and Underground Economy of the South Texas Border
By Chad Richardson and Michael J. Pisani
University of Texas Press
This first comprehensive, multidisciplinary, longitudinal study of the “off-the-books” economic systems that fuel the Laredo-to-Brownsville corridor examines the complex repercussions of these legal and illegal forms of border commerce.
Speech Presentation in Homeric Epic
By Deborah Beck
University of Texas Press
Drawing on narratology and linguistics, this first systematic examination of all the speeches in the Iliad and the Odyssey reveals a unified system of speech presentation in the Homeric epics that includes supposedly “modern” techniques such as free indir
Sancho's Journal
Exploring the Political Edge with the Brown Berets
University of Texas Press
Completing the story of the Mexican American struggle for inclusion and equal rights that he began in Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, 1836–1986 and Quixote’s Soldiers, Montejano presents a rich ethnography of the street-level Chicano movement.
Reclaiming Iraq
The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State
By Abbas Kadhim
University of Texas Press
An essential exploration of the pivotal rebellion whose repercussions continue to be felt throughout the West, this timely study reclaims the early twentieth-century Iraqi revolution narrative to emphasize the voices of the vanquished, who lost the battle
Monumentality in Etruscan and Early Roman Architecture
Ideology and Innovation
University of Texas Press
Experts explore what factors drove the emergence of scale as a defining element in ancient Italian architecture, and how these factors influenced the origins and development of Etruscan and early Roman monumental designs.
Mexican Women in American Factories
Free Trade and Exploitation on the Border
University of Texas Press
Drawing on a rich data set of interviews with over 600 women maquila workers, this pathfinding book offers the first rigorous economic and sociological analysis of the impact of NAFTA and its implications for free trade around the world.
Desert Passions
Orientalism and Romance Novels
By Hsu-Ming Teo
University of Texas Press
Ranging from “high” literature to erotica and popular fiction, this pioneering cultural history explores the gendered societal and political purposes that have been served by tales of romance between Western women and Arab men.
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