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.
House Gods
Sustainable Buildings and Renegade Builders
In House Gods, Kristofic pursues the techniques of sustainable building and the philosophies of its practitioners.
- Copyright year: 2022
A Serpentine Gesture
John Ashbery's Poetry and Phenomenology
In "A Serpentine Gesture": John Ashbery’s Poetry and Phenomenology Elisabeth W. Joyce examines John Ashbery’s poetry through the lens of Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s conception of phenomenology.
- Copyright year: 2022
New Mexico's Moses
Reies López Tijerina and the Religious Origins of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement
In New Mexico’s Moses, Ramón A. Gutiérrez dives deeply into Reies López Tijerina’s religious formation during the 1940s and 1950s, illustrating how his Pentecostal foundation remained an integral part of his psyche even as he migrated toward social-movement politics.
- Copyright year: 2022
Jesuits and Race
A Global History of Continuity and Change, 1530-2020
Jesuits and Race examines the role that the Society of Jesus played in shaping Western understandings about race and explores the impact the Order had on the lives and societies of non-European peoples throughout history.
- Copyright year: 2022
I Got Mine
Confessions of a Midlist Writer
I Got Mine: Confessions of a Midlist Writer is the memoir of Nichols’s extraordinary life, as seen through the lens of his writing.
- Copyright year: 2022
Tactics of Hope in Latinx Children's and Young Adult Literature
Using Gloria Anzaldúa’s theories of conocimiento as a critical lens, the authors examine several literary works including Side by Side / Lado a lado; They Call Me Güero; Land of the Cranes; Efrén Divided; and Gabi, a Girl in Pieces.
- Copyright year: 2022
Colorado Family Outdoor Adventure
An All-Ages Guide to Hiking, Camping, and Getting Outside
Colorado Family Outdoor Adventure is the definitive guide for families of all ages to experiencing the natural splendors of Colorado.
- Copyright year: 2022
Histories of Drug Trafficking in Twentieth-Century Mexico
This work brings together a new generation of drug historians and new historical sources to uncover the history of the drug trade and its regulations.
- Copyright year: 2022
Graciela
One Woman's Story of War, Survival, and Perseverance in the Peruvian Andes
Graciela chronicles the life of a Quechua-speaking Indigenous woman in the remote Andean highlands during the war in Peru that killed seventy thousand people and displaced hundreds of thousands more in the 1980s and 1990s.
- Copyright year: 2022
The New Death
Mortality and Death Care in the Twenty-First Century
The New Death brings together scholars who are intrigued by today’s rapidly changing death practices and attitudes.
- Copyright year: 2022
The Mexican Chile Pepper Cookbook
The Soul of Mexican Home Cooking
The Mexican Chile Pepper Cookbook is the first book to explore the glories of Mexican regional cooking by focusing on this single, but endlessly variable, ingredient.
- Copyright year: 2022
From Sea-Bathing to Beach-Going
A Social History of the Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
In From Sea-Bathing to Beach-Going B. J. Barickman explores how a narrow ocean beachfront neighborhood and the distinctive practice of beach-going invented by its residents in the early twentieth century came to symbolize a city and a nation.
- Copyright year: 2022