Books published by University of Texas Press

The life of William Gilpin from the quiet comfort of his wealthy Quaker boyhood home through an exciting and turbulent career as Indian fighter, pioneer, newspaper editor, explorer, land promoter, and first governor of Colorado Territory.

John Hendrix drew upon his own varied experiences for this panoramic view of West Texas ranch life, presented here in an integral compilation of flavorful articles written originally for The Cattleman.

How average citizens on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict worked for peace in the late twentieth century.

A biography of the first native Texan to serve as the state's governor.

These essays were drawn from the papers presented at the Linguistic Society of America's Summer Institute at the State University of New York at Oswego in 1976.

This volume, originally published as a supplement to The Texas Quarterly in 1959, contains a collection of Mexican fiction, poetry, and art from the mid-twentieth century.

Laurence Walker chronicles the constant demands that people have made on forest resources in the South.

Essays on the conceptual issues underlying the battle for academic freedom.

An introduction to the study of the folksong of the Southern Appalachians, together with a selection of folksong texts collected by Combs.

An introduction to the Lyndon B. Johnson administration and to the LBJ Library's more than thirty million separate documents.

This book explores the intellectual and personal relations among John Henry Newman, Matthew Arnold, and Walter Pater, three figures important in the development of nineteenth-century English thought and culture.

This book presents the first authoritative and comprehensive account of the development of the Peruvian revolution of 1968.

In this volume, experts from several disciplines explore the adaptation process of prehistoric societies in the Arenal region of Costa Rica, an area that has experienced numerous volcanic eruptions during the last several millennia.

An examination of the role, operation, and contribution of the device most often relied on by local and state governments for dealing with intergroup problems-the human-relations commission.

This provocative work interprets the major sport ideologies of the twentieth century as distinct expressions of political doctrine.

In this book, the author traces the rise of awareness of the essential unity of the Western Hemisphere in international affairs.

How men experience a period of rapid economic development, particularly in the areas of migration, occupational mobility, and status attainment.

This comprehensive case study examines every aspect of security cooperation in the Western Hemisphere in the mid-twentieth century.

Originally published in 1967, this anthology examines how the folklore of blacks in America was portrayed in nineteenth-century periodicals.

How a steady growth in arms sales places global security and stability in jeopardy.

Combining historical and critical approaches, Seymour Menton classifies and analyzes over two hundred novels and volumes of short stories, revealing the extent to which Cuban literature reflects the reality of the Revolution.

A study of 138 novels and what they can tell us about the image of American politics in the twentieth century.

A compelling study of a Guatemalan village, in the wake of civil war and genocide, facing an uneasy transition marked by gang violence, paramilitary security committees, and other power struggles.

This book examines the full range of the theatre activity of "Stage Yankees," not only as actors, but also as playmakers, and re-evaluates their contribution to the growth of the American stage.

A comprehensive study of the verb morphology and syntax of the Maya writing system.

A theoretical and practical examination of the interactions that take place in a literary classroom.

An exploration of more than one hundred years of hemispheric relations through political cartoons collected from leading U.S. periodicals from the 1860s through 1980.

A collection of stories about Texas by Texans that appeared in leading magazines in the first half of the twentieth century.

';This magnificent diplomatic memoir-history by the American ambassador to Panama at the time should be required reading for every diplomat... A classic.' Foreign Affairs The Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 were the most significant foreign policy achievement of the Carter administration. Most Latin American nations had regarded the 1903 treaty and its later minor modifications as vestiges of ';American colonialism' and obstacles to any long-term, stable relationship with the United States. Hence, at a time when conflicts were mushrooming in Central America, the significance of the new Panama treaties cannot be overestimated. Former Ambassador to Panama William J. Jorden has provided the definitive account of the long and often contentious negotiations that produced those treaties. It is a vividly written reconstruction of the complicated process that began in 1964 and ended with ratification of the new pacts in 1978. Based on his personal involvement behind the scenes in the White House (19721974) and in the United States Embassy in Panama (19741978), Jorden has produced a unique living history. Access to documents and the personalities of both governments and, equally important, Jorden's personal recollections of participants on both sides make this historical study an incomparable document of U. S. foreign relations. In sum, this is a history, a handbook on diplomacy, a course in government, and a revelation of foreign policy in action, all based on a fascinating and controversial episode in the US experience. ';Jordan's closely knit account of those negotiations brings the whole question of colonialism into stark focus... a vivid account of diplomacy in action.' The Christian Science Monitor

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.