Tag: Texas A&M University Press

  • The Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations: Establishing the Obama Presidency Texas A&M University Press 2014-01-15 266 pages 6 x 9 7 b&w photos. 4 figs. 4 tables. Bib. Index. Unjacketed Cloth ISBN: 978-1-62349-042-3 Paper ISBN: 978-1-62349-043-0 Edited by: Justin S. Vaughn, Assistant Professor of Political Science Boise State University Jennifer R. Mercieca, Associate Professor Department of…

  • In this intriguing and highly accessible book, physical anthropologist Ian Tattersall and geneticist Rob DeSalle, both senior scholars from the American Museum of Natural History, explain what human races actually are—and are not—and place them within the wider perspective of natural diversity.

  • Assumed Identities: The Meanings of Race in the Atlantic World Texas A&M University Press 2010-07-12 168 pages 6 x 9, Illus. Cloth ISBN: 978-1-60344-192-6 Edited by: John D. Garrigus, Associate Professor of History University of Texas, Austin Christopher Morris, Associate Professor of History University of Texas, Austin With the recent election of the nation’s first…

  • Most Texas history books name Norris Wright Cuney as one of the most influential African American politicians in nineteenth-century Texas, but they tell little about him beyond his elected positions. In The Cuneys, Douglas Hales not only fills in the details of Cuney’s life and contributions but places him in the context of his family’s…

  • Mestizo Democracy: The Politics of Crossing Borders Texas A&M University Press 2003 320 pages 6.125 x 9.25 Paper ISBN: 978-1-58544-346-8 John Francis Burke, Professor of Political Science and Chair University of St. Thomas, Houston Foreword by Virgilio Elizondo It can come as no surprise that the ethnic makeup of the American population is rapidly changing.…