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.
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
Architecture Without Architects
A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture
A unique examination of building and culture.
- Copyright year: 1987
The Jailing of Cecelia Capture
A novel of urban Indian life.
- Copyright year: 1987
Water in New Mexico
A History of Its Management and Use
The most comprehensive reference on the state's most precious resource is now back in print.
- Copyright year: 1987
Cannery Women, Cannery Lives
Mexican Women, Unionization, and the California Food Processing Industry, 1930-1950
This dramatic and turbulent history of UCAPAWA is a major contribution to the new labor history in its carefully documented account of minority women controlling their union and regulating their working lives.
- Copyright year: 1987
Runner in the Sun
A novel of pre-Hispanic Indian life in the Southwest.
- Copyright year: 1987
The Fourth World of the Hopis
The Epic Story of the Hopi Indians as Preserved in Their Legends and Traditions
Here the noted folklorist brings together traditional accounts of epic events and adventures in the life of Hopi clans and villages, from legendary to historical times.
- Copyright year: 1987
The Navajo Language
A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary
This definitive dictionary and linguistic resource by Robert Young is once again available.
- Copyright year: 1987
New Mexico's Best Ghost Towns
A Practical Guide
This useful guidebook surveys more than eighty ghost towns, grouped by geographic area.
- Copyright year: 1987