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A new look at the last 150 years of Texas's contentious political history, told decade by decade through the prism of the state's famous, infamous, and unsung figures.

A history of racism and segregation in twentieth-century Houston and beyond.

The first comprehensive biography of one of Texas's most important female writers-made complete with examples of her work, excerpts from her private papers, and eighteen previously unpublished letters from her mentor, H. L. Mencken.

An exploration of Colombian maps in New Granada.

An insight into the struggles of paid domestic workers in Latin America through an exploration of films, texts, and digital media produced since the 1980s in collaboration with them or inspired by their experiences.

Unheard Witness foregrounds a young woman’s experience of domestic abuse, resistance, and survival before the mass shooting at the University of Texas at Austin in 1966.

How China’s borderlands transformed politically and culturally throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

An intimate retelling of Lyndon B. Johnson’s politics and pre.sidency by one of his closest advisors.

How science fiction films in the 1950s were marketed and helped create the broader genre itself.

An examination of the art in superhero comics and how style influences comic narratives.

With hits such as "Stand By Your Man? and "Golden Ring,? Tammy Wynette was an icon of American domesticity and femininity. But there were other sides to the first lady of country. Steacy Easton places the complications of Wynette's music and her biography in sharp-edged relief, exploring how she made her sometimes-tumultuous life into her work, a transformation that was itself art. Wynette created a persona of high femininity to match the themes she sang about?fawning devotion, redemption in heterosexual romance, the heartbreak of loneliness. Behind the scenes, her life was marked by persistent class anxieties; despite wealth and fame, she kept her beautician's license. Easton argues that the struggle to meet expectations of southernness, womanhood, and southern womanhood, finds subtle expression in Wynette's performance of "Apartment #9??and it's because of these vocal subtleties that it came to be called the saddest song ever written. Wynette similarly took on elements of camp and political critique in her artistry, demonstrating an underappreciated genius. Why Tammy Wynette Matters reveals a musician who doubled back on herself, her façade of earnestness cracked by a melodrama that weaponized femininity and upended feminist expectations, while scoring twenty number-one hits.

How Mexican artists and intellectuals created a new identity for modern Mexico City through its ties to Aztec Tenochtitlan.

How Dominicans contribute to Major League Baseball and what they receive in return.

An introduction to what every law student and practitioner needs to know about legal reasoning.

A stunning and comprehensive collection of lithographs from 1818 to 1900 Texas.

An insider’s look at how Chicago’s underground music industry transformed indie rock in the 1990s.