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Edited by David Montejano
The various protest movements that together
constituted the Chicano Movement of the
1960s and 1970s urged a "politics of inclusion"to
bring Mexican Americans into the
mainstream of United States political and social
life.This volume of ten specially commissioned
essays assesses the post-movement
years, asking "What went wrong? What went
right? and Where are we now?"Collectively,
the essays offer a wide-ranging portrayal of
the complex situation of Mexican Americans
as the twenty-first century begins.
293 pp.,8 tables
$15.95 paperback, $35.00 hardcoverM across Am1
By Arthur L.Meyer
Drawings by John A. Wilson
Spanning colonial times to the present and
every region of the United States, this book is
a comprehensive guide to baking in America.
Certified master baker Arthur L. Meyer brings
together some 700 kitchen-tested recipes for
our favorite breads, pies, cakes, and cookies.
Compiled from almost 300 regional, often privately
published, cookbooks dating from the
1890s to the 1990s, these are the authentic
recipes for the traditional baked goods of every
part of our country.
509 pp., b&w illus.
$24.95 paperback, $45.00 hardcoverLonhern Hloops
The History of Texas Basketball
By Richard Pennington
Foreword by Dr. Denton Cooley
University of Texas basketball has a long and
colorful history, and it's all here in Longhorn
Hoops. Both men's and women's teams receive
season-by-season coverage, from the
very earliest games up to 1998. In these
pages,you'll find the orange-and-white stars
of yesterday and today, as well as the greatest
teams, including the unbeaten Steers of 1924,
the Final Four team of 1947, Harold Bradleys
1963 team,Abe Lemons' 1978 NIT champions,
Tom Penders'1990 Longhorns,and Jody
Conradt's undefeated 1986 NCAA Champion
Lady Longhoms.
Distributed for the University of Texas
athletic department
480 pp., 130 b&w photos
$35.00 hardcoverlUN T OF PRESS
800-252-3206
www.utexas.edu/utpressCactuses of Big Bend National Park
By Douglas B. Evans
Evans describes twelve kinds of cactus-living
rock,topflower,stout-spined, hedgehog,
pineapple, button, barrel, fishhook, nipple,
chollas and pricklypears, and Texas nippleand
their individual species known to occur in
Big Bend National Park. Color photographs accompany
the species descriptions. As visitors
hike or drive through the park, they can identify
most of the cactuses they see simply by
leafing through these splendid pictures and
then checking the descriptions, which indicate
the cactuses' characteristic features and
habitats.
Corrie Herring Hooks Series
96 pp.,52 color photos
$12.95 paperback, $25.00 hardcoverBirds of te Trans-Pecos
By Jim Peterson and Barry R. Zimmer
Foreword by Victor Emanuel
Drawings by Gail Diane Yovanovich
Designed for intermediate to advanced
birders, Birds of the Trans-Pecos provides an
annotated checklist of all 482 species found in
the region.The species accounts include seasonal
distribution, documentation of nesting,
most likely habitat, and the bird's status as a
"Texas Review Species."The authors also describe
federal and state parklands in the area,
with the species that occur in each.
Corrie Herring Hooks Series
216 pp., color and b&w illus.
$19.95 paperback, $35.00 hardcoverTexas Wildscapes
By Noreen Damude, Kelly Bender,
Diana Foss, and Judith Gowen
With lists of plants appropriate to each ecological
region of Texas, this book describes
how and what to plant to provide food and
shelter for native wildlife in your own yard.
Color photographs of different kinds of gardens
and the many birds, mammals, reptiles,
amphibians, and invertebrates that they attract
are generously displayed throughout the
informative text.The book also provides information
and registration forms for having your
yard certified by Texas Parks and Wildlife as
an Official Texas Wildscape Site.
Distributed for Texas Parks and Wildlife Press
250 pp., 75 color photos
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