Springs of Texas

Springs of Texas
Author: Gunnar M. Brune
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages: 616
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781585441969

This text explores the natural history of Texas and more than 2900 springs in 183 Texas counties. It also includes an in-depth discussion of the general characteristics of springs - their physical and prehistoric settings, their historical significance, and their associated flora and fauna.

Bakhtin and the Movies

Bakhtin and the Movies
Author: M. Flanagan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2009-05-29
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0230252044

Martin Flanagan uses Bakhtin's notions of dialogism, chronotope and polyphony to address fundamental questions about film form and reception, focussing particularly on the way cinematic narrative utilises time and space in its very construction.

Capitalism and Classical Social Theory

Capitalism and Classical Social Theory
Author: John Bratton
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2014-01-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1442606533

Capitalism and Classical Social Theory, Second Edition offers solid coverage of the classical triumvirate (Marx, Durkheim, and Weber), but also extends the canon strategically to include Simmel, four early female theorists, and the writings of Du Bois.

The Prehistory of Texas

The Prehistory of Texas
Author: Timothy K. Perttula
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781585441945

The first look at the prehistory of Texas by 16 professional archaeologist.

Lone Star

Lone Star
Author: T. R. Fehrenbach
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 949
Release: 2014-04-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1497609704

The definitive account of the incomparable Lone Star state by the author of Fire & Blood: A History of Mexico. T. R. Fehrenbach is a native Texan, military historian and the author of several important books about the region, but none as significant as this work, arguably the best single volume about Texas ever published. His account of America's most turbulent state offers a view that only an insider could capture. From the native tribes who lived there to the Spanish and French soldiers who wrested the territory for themselves, then to the dramatic ascension of the republic of Texas and the saga of the Civil War years. Fehrenbach describes the changes that disturbed the state as it forged its unique character. Most compelling is the one quality that would remain forever unchanged through centuries of upheaval: the courage of the men and women who struggled to realize their dreams in The Lone Star State.

The Cattle-trailing Industry

The Cattle-trailing Industry
Author: Jimmy M. Skaggs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 173
Release: 1991
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780806123912

The harsh business realities of driving cattle are separated in this book from the mythology and folklore of the cattle-trailing era. Jimmy M. Skaggs focuses on the transportation agents who contracted the delivery of cattle for Texas ranchers and drove the animals northward for sale. He reveals them as shrewd "hip-pocket" businessmen.

Crime Films

Crime Films
Author: Thomas Leitch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2002-08-15
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780521646710

This book surveys the entire range of crime films, including important subgenres such as the gangster film, the private eye film, film noir, as well as the victim film, the erotic thriller, and the crime comedy. Focusing on ten films that span the range of the twentieth century, Thomas Leitch traces the transformation of the three leading figures that are common to all crime films: the criminal, the victim and the avenger. Analyzing how each of the subgenres establishes oppositions among its ritual antagonists, he shows how the distinctions among them become blurred throughout the course of the century. This blurring, Leitch maintains, reflects and fosters a deep social ambivalence towards crime and criminals, while the criminal, victim and avenger characters effectively map the shifting relations between subgenres, such as the erotic thriller and the police film, within the larger genre of crime film that informs them all.