University Of Arizona Press: 461 books
Gardening in the Desert
A Guide to Plant Selection and Care
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Newcomers to the Southwest usually find that their favorite landscape plants aren't suited to the hot, dry climate. Many authors offer advice on adapting plants to the desert; now Mary Irish tells how gardeners can better adapt themselves to the challenge.
Drawing on her experience with public...
Latinas and Latinos on TV
Colorblind Comedy in the Post-racial Network Era
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Since ABC’s George Lopez Show left the airwaves in 2007 as the only network television show to feature a Latino lead, the representational landscape of Latina and Latino actors has shifted from media invisibility toward an era of increasing inclusion.
Sofia Vergara became the highest paid woman...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2015
Over the past decade, asteroids have come to the forefront of planetary science. Scientists across broad disciplines are increasingly recognizing that understanding asteroids is essential to discerning the basic processes of planetary formation, including how their current distribution bespeaks our...
Brazil's Long Revolution
Radical Achievements of the Landless Workers Movement
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
Economic crises in the Global North and South are forcing activists to think about alternatives. Neoliberal economic policies and austerity measures have been debated and implemented around the globe. Author Anthony Pahnke argues that activists should look to the Global South and Brazil for inspiration.
Brazil’s...
Water in the Hispanic Southwest
A Social and Legal History, 1550-1850
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
When Spanish conquistadores marched north from Mexico's interior, they encountered one harsh reality that eclipsed all others: the importance of water in an arid land. Covering a time when legal precedents were being set for many water rights laws, this study contributes much to an understanding of...
Food Systems in an Unequal World
Pesticides, Vegetables, and Agrarian Capitalism in Costa Rica
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
Pesticides, a short-term aid for farmers, can often be harmful, undermining the long-term health of agriculture, ecosystems, and people. The United States and other industrialized countries import food from Costa Rica and other regions. To safeguard the public health, importers now regulate the level...
Sustaining Wildlands
Integrating Science and Community in Prince William Sound
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
When the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground on Bligh Reef in Alaska in 1989 and spilled 11 million gallons of oil, it changed Prince William Sound forever. The catastrophe disrupted the region’s biological system, killing countless animals and poisoning habitats that to this day no longer support...
by Lorraine M. López
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Latina bibliophile Caridad falls out of love again and again, with much help from Anton Chekhov, Gustave Flaubert, Theodore Dreiser, D. H. Lawrence, Vladimir Nabokov, Thomas Hardy, and other deceased white men of letters. Raised in a household of women, she rejects examples of womanhood offered by...
A New American Family
A Love Story
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
By most accounts Pete Likins has had a successful life. But his personal accomplishments are only the backdrop for the real story—the story of his family, whose trials and triumphs hold lessons for many American families in the twenty-first century.
This poignant but ultimately empowering...
The Law Into Their Own Hands
Immigration and the Politics of Exceptionalism
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Border security and illegal immigration along the U.S.–Mexico border are hotly debated issues in contemporary society. The emergence of civilian vigilante groups, such as the Minutemen, at the border is the most recent social phenomenon to contribute new controversy to the discussion. The Law Into...
by Ofelia Zepeda
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
This first pedagogical grammar of the Papago language features twenty chapters on grammatical constructions and five sample dialogs—plus abbreviations, symbols, summary of grammatical elements, and two glossaries. Classroom-tested for teaching both native and non-native speakers, the text also offers linguists an overview of the Papago language not available elsewhere.
The Desert Gardener's Calendar
Your Month-by-Month Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
What's the best time to plant or prune? When should you fertilize fruit trees? What's the earliest date to set out tomato plants? Gardeners in the desert Southwest can't rely on books that try to cover the whole country. Summer heat, less rain, and shorter, unreliable growing seasons are important...
Dune Country
A Naturalist's Look at the Plant Life of Southwestern Sand Dunes
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Contrary to public perception, sand dunes are not barren piles of sand. They are alive with plant life. The dunes themselves even move, sometimes several inches a year. In Dune Country Janice Emily Bowers takes readers from New Mexico's White Sands to Utah's Coral Pink Dunes to the Death Valley...
The Borders of Inequality
Where Wealth and Poverty Collide
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Recently U.S. media, policymakers, and commentators of all stripes have been preoccupied with the nation’s border with Mexico. Airwaves, websites, and blogs are filled with concerns over border issues: illegal immigrants, drug wars, narcotics trafficking, and “securing the border.” While this...