Texas A M University Press: 358 books
by Douglas F. Welsh
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2011
Think of Doug Welsh’s Texas Garden Almanac as a giant monthly calendar for the entire state—a practical, information-packed, month-by-month guide for gardeners and “yardeners.” This book provides everything you need to know about flowers and garden design; trees, shrubs, and vines; lawns; vegetable,...
Links to the Past
The Hidden History on Texas Golf Courses
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
As they tee up, make their approach shots, or line up their putts, few Texan golfers likely realize that the familiar landscapes of tee boxes, fairways, and greens can obscure stories from the past that played out on those same grounds. Such little-known links to the past include prehistoric campsites,...
by Bob Spain
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
Premiere paddler and Texas Canoe Racing Hall of Famer Bob Spain presents a thorough and personal guide to all aspects of canoeing. He opens with a brief history of canoes and canoe making in North America followed by an illustrated how-to section on proper paddling technique and posture. Instructional...
Sharing the Common Pool
Water Rights in the Everyday Lives of Texans
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
If all the people, municipalities, agencies, businesses, power plants, and other entities that think they have a right to the water in Texas actually tried to exercise those rights, there would not be enough water to satisfy all claims, no matter how legitimate. In Sharing the Common Pool: Water Rights...
by Watt M. Casey Jr., Mark Seal, Joe Nick Patoski
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
The evening of May 10, 1970, found a young Watt M. Casey Jr. standing awestruck, only a few feet from Jimi Hendrix as the legendary guitarist tore into his unique arrangement of “The Star-Spangled Banner” on the stage of San Antonio’s Hemisphere Arena during the Texas leg of his Cry of Love...
John P. McGovern, MD
A Lifetime of Stories
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
John P. McGovern held seventeen professorships, received twenty-nine honorary doctorates, and established the nation’s largest privately owned allergy and immunology clinic. He authored 252 professional publications including twenty-six books in the medical sciences and humanities, and served as...
Mexican Inclusion
The Origins of Anti-Discrimination Policy in Texas and the Southwest
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Immigration 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...
New Border Voices
An Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
When the “counter-canon” itself becomes canonized, it’s time to reload. This is the notion that animates New Border Voices, an anthology of recent and rarely seen writing by Borderlands artists from El Paso to Brownsville—and a hundred miles on either side. Challenging the assumption that...
by William C. Welch, Greg Grant
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
In The Rose Rustlers, Greg Grant and William C. Welch offer a personal, in-depth, and entertaining account of some of the great stories gathered during their years as participants in one of the most important plant-hunting efforts of the twentieth century—the quest to save antique roses that disappeared...
The Folly of Jim Crow
Rethinking the Segregated South
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Although 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,...
The Smell of War
Three Americans in the Trenches of World War I
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Historian Virginia Bernhard has deftly woven together the memoirs and letters of three American soldiers—Henry Sheahan, Mike Hogg, and George Wythe—to capture a vivid, poignant portrayal of what it was like to be “over there.” These firsthand recollections focus the lens of history onto one...
by Randall D. Babb, Thomas C. Brennan, Alexander Cruz
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
In the first bilingual work on the reptiles and amphibians of the US–Mexico border, top herpetologists come together to describe the herpetofauna of the states of this region, which includes more than 600 species of toads, frogs, salamanders, turtles, sea turtles, alligators, lizards, snakes, and...
Live from Aggieland
Legendary Performances in the Brazos Valley
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017
Believe it or not, Aggieland has witnessed a parade of musical icons over the years, each with an intriguing story attached. Picture a young Elvis Presley entertaining the Corps of Cadets at G. Rollie White Coliseum. Flash forward to the “Committee for Johnny Cash,” originated by students after...
To the Vast and Beautiful Land
Anglo Migration into Spanish Louisiana and Texas, 1760s–1820s
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
To the Vast and Beautiful Land gathers eleven essays written by Light Townsend Cummins, a foremost authority on Texas and Louisiana during the Spanish colonial era, and traces the arc of the author’s career over a quarter of a century. Each essay includes a new introduction linking the original...