The University of Arizona Press is the premier publisher of academic, regional, and literary works in the state of Arizona. They disseminate ideas and knowledge of lasting value that enrich understanding, inspire curiosity, and enlighten readers. They advance the University of Arizona’s mission by connecting scholarship and creative expression to readers worldwide.
Pushing Our Limits
Insights from Biosphere 2
A fresh look at one of the most important experiments of the twentieth century and what it continues to teach us.
American Indian Medicine Ways
Spiritual Power, Prophets, and Healing
This groundbreaking collection provides fascinating stories of wisdom, spiritual power, and forces within tribal communities that have influenced the past and may influence the future. Through discussions of omens, prophecies, war, peace, ceremony, ritual, and cultural items such as masks, prayer sticks, sweat lodges, and peyote, this volume offers examples of the ways in which Native American beliefs in spirits have been and remain a fundamental aspect of history and culture.
The U.S.-Mexico Transborder Region
Cultural Dynamics and Historical Interactions
Long Stories Cut Short
Fictions from the Borderlands
Art and bilingual prose illuminate hidden lives.
All They Will Call You
All They Will Call You is the harrowing account of “the worst airplane disaster in California’s history,” the 28 unnamed Mexican lives it claimed, and the Woodie Guthrie anthem it inspired.
Nobody Rich or Famous
A Family Memoir
Lyrical literary memior by an acclaimed poet captures life, poverty, and family in the American West during the 1930s and 1940s.
