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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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Andean Worlds

Indigenous History, Culture, and Consciousness under Spanish Rule, 1532-1825

University of New Mexico Press

Examines the Spanish invasion of the Inca Empire in 1532 and how European and indigenous life ways became intertwined, producing a new and constantly evolving hybrid colonial order in the Andes.

  • Copyright year: 2002
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Crossing Guadalupe Street

Growing up Hispanic and Protestant

University of New Mexico Press

To grow up as a Mexican-American Methodist in a small town in south central Texas in the 1940s and 1950s was to be a minority within a minority. This memoir is the story of a man who became bilingual, bicultural, and successful, but it is also a tribute to the traditions in which he grew up.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Latinas

Hispanic Women in the United States

University of New Mexico Press

Documents and discusses the major contributions to this country's social and political mosaic for over 150 years by women leaders, organizers, and activists from diverse Hispanic backgrounds.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Santa Fe

A Modern History, 1880-1990

University of New Mexico Press

A readable, captivating social history centered on the essence of Santa Fe--the lives of its Hispano and Anglo residents.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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True Tales from Another Mexico

The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino, and the Bronx

University of New Mexico Press

Keen observation and astute interviews lead journalist Sam Quinones on the quest to find the authentic modern Mexico--both in Mexico and East L.A., and other parts of the U.S.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Westward Expansion

A History of the American Frontier

University of New Mexico Press

Sets out the remarkable story of the American frontier, which became, almost from the beginning, an archetypal narrative of the new American nation's successful expansion.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Joseño

Another Mayan Voice Speaks from Guatemala

University of New Mexico Press

The vivid life story of a Maya Indian during the last two tumultuous decades in Guatemala.

  • Copyright year: 2002
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The Education of Little Tree

University of New Mexico Press

The Education of Little Tree tells of a boy orphaned very young, who is adopted by his Cherokee grandmother and half-Cherokee grandfather in the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee during the Great Depression.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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When the Texans Came

Missing Records from the Civil War in the Southwest, 1861-1862

University of New Mexico Press

Newly-available records from the Civil War in the Southwest, drawn from both Union and Confederate sources, give a much-improved understanding of that period through the words of those who shaped and participated in events at that time.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Understanding Stone Tools and Archaeological Sites

University of New Mexico Press

Covers manufacturing techniques, lithic types and materials, reduction strategies and techniques, worldwide lithic technology, production variables, meaning of form, and usewear and residue analysis.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Mesoamerica's Ancient Cities

University of New Mexico Press

A thoroughly revised edition of the classic photographic portrayal of the major pre-Columbian ruins of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras.

  • Copyright year: 2002
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Paintings of the Southwest

Edited by Arnold Skolnick; Introduction by Suzan Campbell
University of New Mexico Press

A rare collection of art and literature perfectly suited for the artist, traveler, or anyone enchanted by the Southwest.

  • Copyright year: 2002
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