Books published by University of Oklahoma Press

In this work, Steele Commmager examines the odes of Horace, paying particular attention both to their language and structure and also to the effect a poem is intended to, or does, produce.

Presenting a more complex picture of the ways difference came to be defined in colonial Mexico, this book exposes important tensions within Spanish colonialism and the developing social order. It affords a significant new view of the development and social experience of race--in early colonial Mexico and afterward.

One of the most colourful characters in the Napoleonic pantheon, Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher is best known as the Prussian general who, with the Duke of Wellington, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. This biography by Michael Leggiere is the first scholarly book in English to explore Blucher's life and military career - and his impact on Napoleon.

Since its publication in 1932, Black Elk Speaks has moved countless readers to appreciate the American Indian world that it described. Michael Steltenkamp provides the first full interpretive biography of Black Elk, distilling in one volume what is known of this American Indian wisdom keeper whose life has helped guide others.

In this story of a rural Texas community's resurrection, Jody Edward Ginn reveals a multifaceted history of the reform of the Texas Rangers and of an unexpected alliance between the legendary frontier lawmen and black residents of the Jim Crow South.

Presents the first full-length scholarly study in English of the invasion of Korea by Japanese troops in May of 1592. Drawing on Korean, Japanese, and especially Chinese sources, he corrects the Japan-centred perspective of previous accounts.

"James DeWolf's diary and letters were originally published in North Dakota History 25, nos. 1 and 2 (1958): 33-82."