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Established in 1929, the University of New Mexico Press publishes creative works and scholarship in several disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, indigenous studies, Native studies, Latin American studies, art, architecture, and the history, literature, ecology, and cultures of the American West. UNM Press is the largest publisher in New Mexico and seeks to represent the culture, history, and stories of the Southwest.

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Inhabited Wilderness

Indians, Eskimos, and National Parks in Alaska

University of New Mexico Press

A history of the national parks in Alaska and how they protect the natural ecosystems while allowing certain populations to use the parks to maintain their cultural traditions.

  • Copyright year: 1997
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The Circuit

Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child

University of New Mexico Press

A collection of twelve short stories presented from the perspective of a young boy, in which the author narrates his childhood experiences growing up in a family of Mexican migrant farmworkers.

  • Copyright year: 1997
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Anasazi Architecture and American Design

Edited by Baker H. Morrow and V. B. Price; Foreword by Robert C. Heyder
University of New Mexico Press

A journey through Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde balancing observations of past architectural and cultural achievements with suggestions and recommendations for design practices in the present.

  • Copyright year: 1997
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People of the Peyote

Huichol Indian History, Religion, and Survival

University of New Mexico Press

The first substantial study of a Mexican Indian society that more than any other has preserved much of its ancient way of life and religion.

  • Copyright year: 1997
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Show and Tell

Identity as Performance in U.S. Latina/o Fiction

University of New Mexico Press

Explores issues of ethnicity, gender, and sexuality in nine recent novels by U.S. Latina/o writers.

  • Copyright year: 1997
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Coachella

University of New Mexico Press

This desert mystery novel, set in Palm Springs in 1983, is from one of Chicana literature's finest writers.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Tejano Legacy

Rancheros and Settlers in South Texas, 1734-1900

University of New Mexico Press

A revisionist account of the Tejano experience in south Texas from its Spanish colonial roots to 1900.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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The Jewish Gauchos of the Pampas

University of New Mexico Press

Originally published in 1910, this stirring depiction of shtetl life in Argentina is once again available in paperback.

  • Copyright year: 1997
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A Zuni Life

A Pueblo Indian in Two Worlds

University of New Mexico Press

An account of Virgil Wyaco's life in both the traditional Zuni and modern Anglo worlds. His varied career demonstrates the heartbreaks and rewards of a Native American life bridging two cultures in the twentieth century.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Utopian Vistas

The Mabel Dodge Luhan House and the American Counterculture

University of New Mexico Press

The story of the house that Mabel built, and the artists, dreamers, hippies, and freaks that followed.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Fire from the Andes

Short Fiction by Women from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru

University of New Mexico Press

South American women authors look at the female experience.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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The Gift of Life

Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern Peru

University of New Mexico Press

This remarkable work of anthropology breaks new ground in the study of Latin American female shamanism.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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A Garlic Testament

Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm

University of New Mexico Press

Meditations on growing garlic and on the farming way of life.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Que vivan los tamales!

Food and the Making of Mexican Identity

University of New Mexico Press

This cultural history of food in Mexico traces the influence of gender, race, and class on food preferences from Aztec times to the present.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Native American Identities

From Stereotype to Archetype in Art and Literature

University of New Mexico Press

An engaging study of stereotypes and archetypes of Native Americans in fiction and art.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Blood on the Boulders

The Journals of don Diego de Vargas, 1694-1697

University of New Mexico Press

Through The Journals of don Diego de Vargas, translated from official and private correspondence, we are drawn back, through conflict and compromise, into New Mexico's formative era in this boxed set.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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The Iguana Killer

Twelve Stories of the Heart

University of New Mexico Press

Set along the Southwestern border, these stories explore growing up Hispanic and weaving together three distinct worlds--Mexico, the United States, and childhood.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Bone Voyage

A Journey in Forensic Anthropology

University of New Mexico Press

A lively account of the role of the forensic anthropologist in the Office of the Medical Investigator--recovering bodies, establishing identities, and solving the puzzles of death.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Cuentos de Cuanto Hay

Tales from Spanish New Mexico

Translated by Joe Hayes; Introduction by J. Manuel Espinosa
University of New Mexico Press

A collection of traditional New Mexican Hispanic folktales gathered from the oral tradition in 1931 and translated by famed storyteller Joe Hayes.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Fly-Fishing in Southern New Mexico

University of New Mexico Press

An overview of the streams of Southern New Mexico that support trout, the natural history of the streams, and the habitats of the trout that live there.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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La Fiesta de los Tastoanes

Critical Encounters in Mexican Festival Performance

University of New Mexico Press

An intimate study of a religious festival in contemporary Mexico that skillfully weaves together ethnography, history, and folklore.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Posada's Broadsheets

Mexican Popular Imagery, 1890-1910

University of New Mexico Press

An intriguing study of the popular culture of early twentieth century Mexico as seen through the penny broadsheets--bullfighters, bandits, politics, and the revolution.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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The Faces of Honor

Sex, Shame, and Violence in Colonial Latin America

University of New Mexico Press

Honor was everywhere in Colonial Latin America, and to understand the many ways it had an impact on people's lives is to understand the organizing principles of a society.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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The Navajo Verb

A Grammar for Students and Scholars

University of New Mexico Press

For the first time, students and scholars interested in the Navajo language have a book that presents the verb system in a step-by-step and thorough fashion. By providing easy-to-follow descriptions with abundant examples, this book unravels the complexity of Navajo and reveals its expressiveness.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Acequia Culture

Water, Land, and Community in the Southwest

University of New Mexico Press

Lays out the contemporary legal and administrative status of these ancient irrigation institutions, suggesting public policy measures to keep the system alive.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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The Book of Memories

By Ana María Shua; Translated by Dick Gerdes; Introduction by Ilan Stavans
University of New Mexico Press

The humorous and moving story of three generations of a Jewish family in Argentina.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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A Sense of the American West

An Environmental History Anthology

University of New Mexico Press

An anthology of diverse approaches and issues in the environmental history of the American West.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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New Views of Borderlands History

University of New Mexico Press

An ethnohistorical history of the Spanish Borderlands written by specialists in the history of each region.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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American Indians in World War I

At War and at Home

University of New Mexico Press

Provides the first broad survey of Native American contributions during the war, examining how military service led to hightened expectations for changes in federal Indian policy and their standard of living.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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European Immigrants in the American West

Community Histories

University of New Mexico Press

An anthology of historical articles on European immigration to the American West in the 19th century.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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