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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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Wisconsin Death Trip

University of New Mexico Press

A shocking portrait of a small town crumbling--socially, morally, physically and emotionally--under the impact of the great depression of the 1890s. This "cult classic" is now available again in paperback.

  • Copyright year: 2000
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Madres del Verbo/Mothers of the Word

Edited by Nina M. Scott
University of New Mexico Press

A bilingual anthology of writings by both secular and religious women writers from colonial Latin America through the 19th century.

  • Copyright year: 2000
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She-Calf and Other Quechua Folk Tales

Edited by Johnny Payne
University of New Mexico Press

These fables from highland Peru, presented in both Quechua and English, capture a rich oral tradition and illustrate many universal human themes.

  • Copyright year: 2000
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Tamarind

Forty Years

Edited by Marjorie Devon
University of New Mexico Press

An essential addition to the library of anyone concerned with contemporary printmaking.

  • Copyright year: 2000
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The Navajo Verb System

An Overview

University of New Mexico Press

Provides a summary description of the Navajo language and a detailed treatment of the inflectional morphology of its verb system.

  • Copyright year: 2000
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Independence in Spanish America

Civil Wars, Revolutions, and Underdevelopment

University of New Mexico Press

This new edition, revised and enlarged to take account of recently published studies as well as a rethinking of certain prevailing views, is a compelling reinterpretation of the independence era. The turbulent history of the independence movements is set forth with attention to key figures and their ideologies, regional differences, and the legacy of underdevelopment left by the wars of independence.

  • Copyright year: 2000
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That Disturbances Cease

The Journals of don Diego de Vargas, 1697-1700

University of New Mexico Press

Volume 5 in The Journals of don Diego de Vargas.

  • Copyright year: 2000
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Everyday Life and Politics in Nineteenth Century Mexico

Men, Women, and War

University of New Mexico Press

This account of the history of Mexico from Independence to the Revolution traces the struggle of common people to exert control over their everyday lives.

  • Copyright year: 2000
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American Indian Population Recovery in the Twentieth Century

University of New Mexico Press

Studies the growth of Indian populations since 1900, showing why and how American Indian populations recovered in the 20th century.

  • Copyright year: 2000
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He Walked In and Sat Down and Other Stories

University of New Mexico Press

The stories in this bilingual collection portray the everyday lives of a cross-section of Chicano men and women in the contemporary U.S.

  • Copyright year: 2000
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Fly Patterns of Northern New Mexico

By Karen Denison and Bill Orr; Foreword by Craig Martin
University of New Mexico Press

Illustrates fishing flies developed by locally-respected fly tyers, with step-by-step instructions for fly fishing success in northern New Mexico.

  • Copyright year: 2000
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Gatewood and Geronimo

University of New Mexico Press

Parallels the lives of Gatewood and Geronimo as events drive them toward their historic meeting in Mexico in 1886--a meeting that marked the beginning of the end of the last Apache war.

  • Copyright year: 2000
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