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Established in 1950, the University of Texas Press produces approximately one hundred new books each year and has over 3000 books in print. Their areas of scholarly concentration include American studies, anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, classics, film and media studies, food studies and cookbooks, history, Jewish studies, Latin American and pre-Columbian studies, Latinx studies, Middle Eastern studies, music, nature and environment, photography, and Texas and the Southwest. In addition, UT Press publishes books of general interest for a wider audience on a variety of subjects, including history, current affairs, the visual arts, music, and food, among others, as well as books on the history, culture, arts, and natural history of Texas.

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Texian Exodus

The Runaway Scrape and Its Enduring Legacy

By Stephen L. Hardin

A narrative account of the evacuation of the Texians in 1836, which was redeemed by the defeat of the Mexican army and the creation of the Republic of Texas.

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Revolting Indolence

The Politics of Slacking, Lounging, and Daydreaming in Queer and Trans Latinx Culture

By Marcos Gonsalez

How indolent practices in Latinx LGBTQ culture challenge capitalist imperatives to be productive.

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It's All in the Delivery

Pregnancy in American Film and Television Comedy

By Victoria Sturtevant

How changing depictions of pregnancy in comedy from the start of the twentieth century to the present show an evolution in attitudes toward women’s reproductive roles and rights.

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The Taste of Nostalgia

Women, Race, and Culinary Longing in Peru

By Amy Cox Hall

An exploration of gender, race, and food in Peru in the 1950s and 1960s and today.

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Rehab on the Range

A History of Addiction and Incarceration in the American West

By Holly M. Karibo

The first study of the Fort Worth Narcotic Farm, an institution that played a critical role in fusing the War on Drugs, mass incarceration, and public health in the American West.

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