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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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The Century of U.S. Capitalism in Latin America

University of New Mexico Press

Traces the development of U.S. business interests in Latin America from the early 19th century to the present.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Intimate Frontiers

Sex, Gender, and Culture in Old California

University of New Mexico Press

Explores the role of sex and gender on California's multi-cultural frontier under the influences of Spain, Mexico, and the United States.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Frida Kahlo

An Open Life

By Raquel Tibol; Translated by Elinor Randall
University of New Mexico Press

Uses medical records, journals, letters, interviews, and personal recollections to bring us closer than ever to the Mexican artist and her milieu.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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The History of Photography

An Overview

University of New Mexico Press

A compact, readable, up-to-date overview of the history of photography.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Capirotada

A Nogales Memoir

University of New Mexico Press

Vignettes of family, neighbors, friends, and secrets from his youth in the two Nogaleses--in Arizona and through the open gate into Mexico.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Education and the American Indian

The Road to Self-Determination Since 1928

University of New Mexico Press

This revised edition provides an overview of American Indian/Alaska Native education from 1928 to 1998.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Mexico Between Hitler and Roosevelt

Mexican Foreign Relations in the Age of Lázaro Cárdenas, 1934-1940

University of New Mexico Press

Mexico's relationship with the world during the 1930s is revealed as a fascinating series of calculated responses to domestic political changes and international economic shifts.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Telling Western Stories

From Buffalo Bill to Larry McMurtry

University of New Mexico Press

Narrates the evolution of the western story from the Civil War to the present, focusing on books, movies, and people.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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The Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute

An American Tragedy

University of New Mexico Press

This personal and historical account traces the twentieth-century legal battle, Healing v. Jones, and it's effects on both tribes.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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American Indian Grandmothers

Traditions and Transitions

University of New Mexico Press

These essays explore the complex world of grandmothers in Native America, where, although often impoverished and marginalized, they provide a vital connection to native identity, history, and wisdom.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Chasing Shadows

Apaches and Yaquis Along the United States-Mexico Border, 1876-1911

University of New Mexico Press

Hatfield examines for the first time the military campaigns on both sides of the border against the Apaches and other native peoples during the late nineteenth century.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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CrashBoomLove

A Novel in Verse

University of New Mexico Press

A California farmworker kid's season in hell, told through fast-verse lines that careen to the beat of a fiery heart.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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