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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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Imagining Persons

Robert Duncan's Lectures on Charles Olson

University of New Mexico Press

These transcribed talks pay tribute to Olson and expand our knowledge of Duncan's vision of modernist writing.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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Constructing Power and Place in Mesoamerica

Pre-Hispanic Paintings from Three Regions

University of New Mexico Press

Identities of power and place, as expressed in paintings from the periods before and after the Spanish conquest of Mesoamerica, are the subject of this book of case studies from Central Mexico, Oaxaca, and the Maya area.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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An Open Map

The Correspondence of Robert Duncan and Charles Olson

University of New Mexico Press

The 130 letters collected in this volume begin in 1947 just after Robert Duncan and Charles Olson first meet in Berkeley, California, and continue to Olson's death in January 1970.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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Imagining Histories of Colonial Latin America

Synoptic Methods and Practices

University of New Mexico Press

Imagining Histories of Colonial Latin America teaches imaginative and distinctive approaches to the practice of history through a series of essays on colonial Latin America.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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The Archaeology and History of Pueblo San Marcos

Change and Stability

University of New Mexico Press

This volume provides the definitive record of a decade of archaeological investigations at San Marcos, ancestral home to Kewa (formerly Santo Domingo) and Cochiti descendants.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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Santa Fe

The Chief Way

University of New Mexico Press

Santa Fe: The Chief Way is a fresh and nostalgic look at the streamliners of the Santa Fe railroad from the late thirties to the early seventies.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Nuns Navigating the Spanish Empire

University of New Mexico Press

Nuns Navigating the Spanish Empire tells the remarkable story of a group of nuns who traveled halfway around the globe in the seventeenth century to establish the first female Franciscan convent in the Far East.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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More Argentine Than You

Arabic-Speaking Immigrants in Argentina

University of New Mexico Press

Hyland shows how Syrians and Lebanese, Christians, Jews, and Muslims adapted to local social and political conditions, entered labor markets, established community institutions, raised families, and attempted to pursue their individual dreams and community goals in early twentieth century Argentina.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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Early Churches of Mexico

An Architect's View

University of New Mexico Press

Following the Spanish conquest of Mexico in the early 1500s, Franciscan, Dominican, and Augustinian friars fanned out across the central and southern areas of the country, founding hundreds of mission churches and monasteries to evangelize the Native population. This book documents more than 120 of these remarkable sixteenth-century sites in duotone black-and-white photographs.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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Tortillas, Tiswin, and T-Bones

A Food History of the Southwest

University of New Mexico Press

In this entertaining history, Gregory McNamee explores the many ethnic and cultural traditions that have contributed to the food of the Southwest.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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Terraria Gigantica

The World under Glass

By (photographer) Dana Fritz; Introduction by William L. Fox; Epilogue by Rebecca Reider
University of New Mexico Press

In a new approach to environmental photography, Dana Fritz explores the world's largest enclosed landscapes: Arizona's Biosphere 2, Cornwall's Eden Project, and Nebraska's Lied Jungle and Desert Dome at the Henry Doorly Zoo.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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Lock and Load

Armed Fiction

University of New Mexico Press

This masterful and thought-provoking collection moves beyond the polarized rhetoric surrounding firearms to spark genuine discussion.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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Skiing New Mexico

A Guide to Snow Sports in the Land of Enchantment

By Daniel Gibson; Foreword by Jean Mayer
University of New Mexico Press

This invaluable book tells you everything there is to know about skiing and snowboarding in the Land of Enchantment, with thousands of helpful details on the state's downhill ski resorts and cross-country and backcountry venues.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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Eco-Travel New Mexico

86 Natural Destinations, Green Hotels, and Sustainable Adventures

University of New Mexico Press

Ashley M. Biggers's guide delves into the heart of this enchanting land--from stunning natural landscapes to vital cultural areas that give New Mexico its distinctive character.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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Westlands

A Water Story

By (photographer) Randi Lynn Beach; Introduction by Thomas Holyoke
University of New Mexico Press

Showcasing California's Central Valley, Westlands uses documentary photography to examine the danger drought and water policies represent to farming.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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Firelines

By Jill Metcoff; Foreword by Curt Meine
University of New Mexico Press

Jill Metcoff pairs her photographs from controlled burns with historical commentary, poetic reflections, and her own observations to construct a vibrant narrative of prose and imagery.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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Critical Assembly

Poems of the Manhattan Project

University of New Mexico Press

With technical mastery and remarkable empathy, Canaday introduces readers to the people involved in the creation and testing of the first atomic bomb, from initial theoretical conversations to the secretive work at Los Alamos.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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A History of Boxing in Mexico

Masculinity, Modernity, and Nationalism

University of New Mexico Press

This book reveals how boxing and boxers became sources of national pride and sparked debates on what it meant to be Mexican, masculine, and modern.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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The Best from New Mexico Kitchens

University of New Mexico Press

Savor and share the joys of New Mexican cooking as you prepare more than one hundred dishes from across the state in this remarkable collection of outstanding recipes.

  • Copyright year: 1978
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Stubby Pringle's Christmas

By Jack Schaefer; Illustrated by Lorence Bjorklund
University of New Mexico Press

In true Schaefer fashion, Stubby Pringle delights readers and fills our hearts with the magic and spirit of Christmas.

  • Copyright year: 1963
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