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Mexican Inclusion
Texas A&M University Press 2012; US$ 40.00Immigration across the US-Mexican border may currently be a hot topic, but it is hardly a new one. Labor issues and civil rights have been interwoven with the history of the region since at least the time of the Mexican-American War, and the twentieth century witnessed recurrent political battles surrounding the status and rights of Mexican immigrants.... more...
Blind over Cuba
Texas A&M University Press 2012; US$ 29.95In the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis, questions persisted about how the potential cataclysm had been allowed to develop. A subsequent congressional investigation focused on what came to be known as the ?photo gap?: five weeks during which intelligence-gathering flights over Cuba had been attenuated. In Blind over Cuba , David M. Barrett... more...
Canoeing and Kayaking Houston Waterways
Texas A&M University Press 2012; US$ 28.00Within about seventy-five miles of downtown Houston, some 1,500 miles of rivers, creeks, lakes, bayous, and bays await discovery. Canoeing and Kayaking Houston Waterways , by longtime paddler Natalie Wiest, is the perfect companion for anyone who wants to experience Houston?s well-watered landscape from the seat of a kayak or canoe. Before introducing... more...
Buying Rural Land in Texas
Texas A&M University Press 2012; US$ 25.00Whether the prospective buyer is a farmer or rancher looking to expand operations, a sportsman seeking to preserve habitat for wildlife, or a nature enthusiast trying to conserve native flora and fauna, acquiring rural land can be a rollercoaster of exciting and stressful experiences. In Buying Rural Land in Texas: Taking the Right Risk , Charles... more...
Militarizing the Border
Texas A&M University Press 2012; US$ 38.95As historian Miguel Antonio Levario explains in this timely book, current tensions and controversy over immigration and law enforcement issues centered on the US-Mexico border are only the latest evidence of a long-standing atmosphere of uncertainty and mistrust plaguing this region. Militarizing the Border: When Mexicans Became the Enemy , focusing... more...
Captain James A. Baker of Houston, 1857-1941
Texas A&M University Press 2012; US$ 30.00Captain James A. Baker, Houston lawyer, banker, and businessman, received an alarming telegram on September 23, 1900: his elderly millionaire client William Marsh Rice had died unexpectedly in New York City. Baker rushed to New York, where he unraveled a plot to murder Rice and plunder his estate. Working tirelessly with local authorities, Baker... more...
Born on the Island
Texas A&M University Press 2012; US$ 25.00In sixty-seven exquisite watercolors and drawings, nationally famous architect Eugene Aubry captures on paper the sensibilities, the memories, and the grace that evokes Galveston, especially for those who are BOI (?born on the island?). Commissioned by the Galveston Historical Foundation, these works of art are intended to enhance the visual record... more...
A Cause Greater than Self
Texas A&M University Press 2012; US$ 42.50A privileged, hell-raising youth who had greatly embarrassed his family?and especially his war-hero father?by being dismissed from West Point, Michael J. Daly would go on to display selfless courage and heroic leadership on the battlefields of Europe during World War II. Starting as an enlisted man and rising through the ranks to become a captain... more...
The Folly of Jim Crow
Texas A&M University Press 2012; US$ 30.00Although the origins, application, and socio-historical implications of the Jim Crow system have been studied and debated for at least the last three-quarters of a century, nuanced understanding of this complex cultural construct is still evolving, according to Stephanie Cole and Natalie J. Ring, coeditors of The Folly of Jim Crow: Rethinking... more...
I'll Be Here in the Morning
Texas A&M University Press 2011; US$ 21.95The writer of such influential songs as ?Pancho and Lefty,? ?To Live?s to Fly,? ?If I Needed You,? and ?For the Sake of the Song,? Townes Van Zandt exerted an influence on at least two generations of Texas musicians that belies his relatively brief, deeply troubled life. Indeed, Van Zandt has influenced millions worldwide in the years since his death,... more...









