University of Texas Press Forlag
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Theory Development in the Information Sciences (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The inaugural volume in a new series on the information sciences, this book brings together many well-known and senior contributors to offer the first broad overview of theory development across a wide range of related disciplines.
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The First Letter from New Spain: The Lost Petition of Cortes and His Company, June 20, 1519 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Presenting an authoritative translation and analysis of the only surviving original document from the first months of the Spanish conquest, this book brings to life a decisive moment in the history of Mexico and offers an enlarged understanding of the con
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Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 5: Linguistics (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A summary of work accomplished since the Spanish conquest in the contemporary description and historical reconstruction of the indigenous languages and language families of Mexico and Central America.
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The Bracero Program: Interest Groups and Foreign Policy (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
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
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Political Groups in Chile: The Dialogue Between Order and Change (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A study of Chilean politics in the mid-twentieth century.
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Growth, Equality, and the Mexican Experience (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This book examines the relationship between economic development and equality in twentieth century Mexico.
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Jews in an Arab Land: Libya, 1835–1970 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Internationally renowned scholar Renzo De Felice’s pioneering study of the Jews of Libya is, in many ways, a microcosm of the major sources of conflict in the modern Middle East.
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Amazons, Wives, Nuns, and Witches: Women and the Catholic Church in Colonial Brazil, 1500-1822 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Writing Brazilian women back into history, this book presents the first comprehensive study in English of how women experienced and understood their lives within the society created by the Portuguese imperial government and the colonial era Roman Catholic
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John Wayne's World: Transnational Masculinity in the Fifties (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Connecting John Wayne's films to the transnational historical context of the 1950s, John Wayne's World argues that Wayne's depictions of heroic masculinity dovetailed with the rise of Hollywood's cultural dominance and the development of global capitalism after World War II.
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On Anger: Race, Cognition, Narrative (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Opening a stimulating dialogue between cognitive studies and cultural studies, On Anger uses narratives such as the film Crash, Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior, and the HBO series The Wire to argue that race is central to our conceptions and experiences of anger.
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Literature and Social Justice: Protest Novels, Cognitive Politics, and Schema Criticism (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Drawing insights from cognitive and social neuroscience, this book uncovers the cognitive roots of social injustice and makes a powerful case that literature can positively alter the way we view others and promote social justice.
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The Captive Woman's Lament in Greek Tragedy (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A study of captive women's laments that shows how classical dramatists used empathy to pierce the barrier between the Greek and barbarian worlds.
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