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A Pure Solar World
Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism
University of Texas Press
Surveying the range of Sun Ra’s extraordinary creativity, this book explores how the father of Afrofuturism brought “space music” to a planet in need of transformation, supporting the aspirations of black people in an inhospitable white world.
The Mechanical Horse
How the Bicycle Reshaped American Life
University of Texas Press
In this lively cultural history, the journalist Margaret Guroff reveals how the bicycle has transformed American society, from making us mobile to empowering people in all avenues of life.
Becoming Belafonte
Black Artist, Public Radical
University of Texas Press
Spotlighting a vibrant episode in the evolution of African American culture and consciousness in America, this book illuminates how multitalented performer Harry Belafonte became a civil rights icon, internationalist, and proponent of black pride and powe
The Family Jewels
The CIA, Secrecy, and Presidential Power
By John Prados
University of Texas Press
With a new epilogue that discusses the revelations of former CIA employee Edward Snowden, this powerful accounting of intelligence abuses committed by the CIA from the Cold War through the war on terror reveals why such abuses and attempts to conceal them
Being Miss America
Behind the Rhinestone Curtain
By Kate Shindle
University of Texas Press
Kate Shindle weaves an engrossing memoir of her year as Miss America 1998 with a fascinating, insightful history of the pageant to reveal why confident, ambitious young women still compete in a beauty contest that struggles to remain culturally relevant.
American Christianity
The Continuing Revolution
By Stephen Cox
University of Texas Press
This lively, provocative book argues that American Christianity can best be understood as a faith always undergoing radical and unpredictable change as believers seek new ways of connecting with God.
Killer on the Road
Violence and the American Interstate
University of Texas Press
By the author of the acclaimed Inventing Niagara . . . True crime meets cultural history in this fascinating story of how America’s interstate highway system opened a world of mobility and opportunity—for serial killers.
Founding Finance
How Debt, Speculation, Foreclosures, Protests, and Crackdowns Made Us a Nation
University of Texas Press
Refuting claims from both the political right and left, this dynamic narrative history brings to life the long-forgotten founding struggles over American finance, economics, and taxes and reveals their immense and startling relevance to political struggle
Conspiracy Theory in America
University of Texas Press
Asking tough questions and connecting the dots across decades of suspicious events, from the Kennedy assassinations to 9/11 and the anthrax attacks, this book raises crucial questions about the consequences of Americans’ unwillingness to suspect high gove
All-American Boy
By Larzer Ziff
University of Texas Press
Offering an intriguing new approach to American cultural history through one of its enduring icons, Larzer Ziff traces the rise and flourishing of an ideal type once represented by such figures as George Washington and Tom Sawyer—a type immensely popular before antiheroes like Holden Caulfield captured our imagination.
Colonel Sanders and the American Dream
By Josh Ozersky
University of Texas Press
This engrossing biography of Kentucky Fried Chicken/KFC founder Harland Sanders tells a uniquely American story of a dirt-poor striver with unlimited ambition who launched one of the world’s most successful brands—and then ended up as a mere symbol for th
Greenback Planet
How the Dollar Conquered the World and Threatened Civilization as We Know It
By H. W. Brands
University of Texas Press
With fascinating stories of money men, from Alexander Hamilton to Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke, and deft explanations of the ins and outs of monetary policy, Greenback Planet clarifies why the dollar rules the world—and why that should frighten us all.
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