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.
American Indians of the Southwest
More than providing a compendium of southwestern Indian history and culture, this remarkable book gives the reader an understanding of and appreciation for the unique lifeways of these peoples whose philopophy, the author believes, may be our one great resource for peace.
- Copyright year: 1983
Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was the first European to cross the North American continent. This remarkable book is his odyssey, first written in 1542 as an official report to the king of Spain under the title La Relación.
- Copyright year: 1983
The Canadian Frontier, 1534-1760
This account of the French era in Canada is the most original treatment of the subject in over a century.
- Copyright year: 1983
The Southwest
A historical and cultural overview, including discussions of present-day racial, conservation, and economic problems.
- Copyright year: 1984
¿Qué Pasó?
An English-Spanish Guide for Medical Personnel
Designed to facilitate communication between Spanish-speaking patients and English-speaking medical personnel; includes pediatric workups.
- Copyright year: 1984
The Spell of New Mexico
Famous writers tell of the fascination of New Mexico.
- Copyright year: 1984
Chaco Canyon
Archaeology and Archaeologists
The first complete account of Chacoan archaeology, from the discovery of the ruins by Spanish soldiers in the seventeenth century, through the scientific analyses of the 1970s.
- Copyright year: 1984
Other Mexicos
Essays on Regional Mexican History, 1876-1911
The value of this collection to students and specialists lies in an expanded understanding of regional history during the Porfiriato, an appreciation for the range of local sources available, and a stimulus to further investigation. The reinterpretation given the Porfiriato also broadens our knowledge of the forces leading to the revolution and still influencing the nation today.
- Copyright year: 2004
The Day the Sun Rose Twice
The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion, July 16, 1945
The prize-winning history of the Manhattan Project.
- Copyright year: 1984
Cuentos Chicanos
A Short Story Anthology
The twenty-one stories in this collection typify the phenomenal growth Chicano literature has undergone during the past two decades.
- Copyright year: 1984
The Lost Land
The Chicano Image of the Southwest
A fascinating intellectual history of Hispano self-perception, this book traces the changes in Hispano views of the Southwest from earliest times to the present, particularly since the 1848 signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
- Copyright year: 1984
Land of Enchantment
Memoirs of Marian Russell Along the Santa Fe Trail
Facsimile edition of one of the few accounts of life on the trail.
- Copyright year: 1985
Desert Passages
Encounters with the American Deserts
Traces the development of American attitudes toward the desert using case studies from many writers over the years.
- Copyright year: 1985
Filaree
A Novel of an American Woman
This moving novel of pioneer life in Arizona has become a classic.
- Copyright year: 1996
Indian Rock Art of the Southwest
The comprehensive book on Indian petroglyphs in the Southwest.
- Copyright year: 1986
Visual Anthropology
Photography as a Research Method
This book provides reliable research methods from the systematic gathering of data through analysis of photographic records to transfer of insights to ethnographic records, with an emphasis on developing the skills of thorough observation rather than on technical skill.
- Copyright year: 1986
Mabel Dodge Luhan
New Woman, New Worlds
The definitive biography of a cultural icon.
- Copyright year: 1987
Edge of Taos Desert
An Escape to Reality
Autobiographical account describing Luhan's first months in New Mexico.
- Copyright year: 1987
I Married a Soldier
Through her eyes we see the close-knit social life of an army post, the western frontier's divided response to the American Civil War, and the cultures and peoples of the West.
- Copyright year: 1987
Pieces of White Shell
Introduction to Navajo culture by a storyteller.
- Copyright year: 1987