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Established in 1950, the University of Texas Press produces approximately one hundred new books each year and has over 3000 books in print. Their areas of scholarly concentration include American studies, anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, classics, film and media studies, food studies and cookbooks, history, Jewish studies, Latin American and pre-Columbian studies, Latinx studies, Middle Eastern studies, music, nature and environment, photography, and Texas and the Southwest. In addition, UT Press publishes books of general interest for a wider audience on a variety of subjects, including history, current affairs, the visual arts, music, and food, among others, as well as books on the history, culture, arts, and natural history of Texas.

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Comic Book Women

Characters, Creators, and Culture in the Golden Age

By Peyton Brunet and Blair Davis; Introduction by Trina Robbins

A revisionist history of the origins of comic books that reclaims women’s pioneering and pivotal roles as both creators and characters.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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Armadillos to Ziziphus

A Naturalist in the Texas Hill Country

This book aims to show people, in short pieces accompanied by one image, some of the surprising, fascinating, and ecologically valuable things happening around a Hill Country ranch.

  • Copyright year: 2023
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We Are All Armenian

Voices from the Diaspora

Edited by Aram Mrjoian

A collection of essays about Armenian identity and belonging in the diaspora.

  • Copyright year: 2023
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Pitching Democracy

Baseball and Politics in the Dominican Republic

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

  • Copyright year: 2023
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Contar historias

Escritura creativa en el aula

A collection of essays and stories written in Spanish by students for students.

  • Copyright year: 2023
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A Pure Solar World

Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism

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.

  • Copyright year: 2016
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Texas Lithographs

A Century of History in Images

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

  • Copyright year: 2023
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COVID and Gender in the Middle East

Edited by Rita Stephan

A comprehensive study of the gendered economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa.

  • Copyright year: 2023
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The Olympics that Never Happened

Denver '76 and the Politics of Growth

A look back at how powerful politicians, business leaders, and a diverse cast of activists used a thwarted Olympics to shape the state of Colorado and the city of Denver.

  • Copyright year: 2023
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Sharpening the Legal Mind

How to Think Like a Lawyer

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

  • Copyright year: 2023
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Before Lawrence v. Texas

The Making of a Queer Social Movement

The grassroots queer activism and legal challenges that led to a landmark Supreme Court decision in favor of gay and lesbian equality.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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Unseen Art

Making, Vision, and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica

An examination of how ancient Mesoamerican sculpture was experienced by its original audiences.

  • Copyright year: 2023
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