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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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Laser Ablation-ICP-MS in Archaeological Research

University of New Mexico Press

This volume brings together for the first time a collection of papers that specifically describe laser ablation, methods for data quantification, and applications to archaeological questions.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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The Offerings of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan

University of New Mexico Press

The spectacular findings of the historic Templo Mayor Project, which took place in the heart of Mexico City from 1978 to 1997.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Canyon Spirits

Beauty and Power in the Ancestral Puebloan World

Photographs by John L. Ninnemann
University of New Mexico Press

Eighty-five black-and-white photos and accompanying essays share the beauty of the canyons and mesas of the Colorado Plateau and the history of the resourceful inhabitants.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Anarchy and Community in the New American West

Madrid, New Mexico, 1970-2000

University of New Mexico Press

The story of Madrid, New Mexico's, multiple identities and struggles for survival as a tourist attraction in the last three decades.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Beyond Black and Red

African-Native Relations in Colonial Latin America

Edited by Matthew Restall
University of New Mexico Press

The first study of the complex relationships among the races in Latin America after Spanish colonization.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Desert Wetlands

University of New Mexico Press

Over 150 color photos and accompanying text document wetland sites in the American Southwest and Mexico.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Mexico OtherWise

Modern Mexico in the Eyes of Foreign Observers

University of New Mexico Press

A diverse collection of observations on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Mexico by non-Mexican authors.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Say the Name

A Survivor's Tale in Prose and Poetry

University of New Mexico Press

The experiences of a fourteen-year-old girl imprisoned in the Ravensbruck concentration camp during World War II. Illustrated with drawings made secretly by other camp inhabitants.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Plaza of Sacrifices

Gender, Power, and Terror in 1968 Mexico

University of New Mexico Press

On October 2, 1968, up to 700 students were killed by government authorities while protesting in Mexico City - many of them women. This analysis of the role of women in the protest movement shows how the events of 1968 shaped modern Mexican society.

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Rabbit and the Wolves

By Deborah L. Duvall; Illustrated by Murv Jacob
University of New Mexico Press

Ji-Stu the Rabbit travels far from home to try to prove he can be a great singer.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Preserving Western History

University of New Mexico Press

The first collection of essays on public history in the American West.

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New Mexico

An Interpretive History, Teacher's Guide

University of New Mexico Press
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AfterBurn

Reflections on Burning Man

University of New Mexico Press

Stories of the counterculture event that brings together thousands each year for a weeklong spasm of self-expression in the Nevada desert.

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Arizona Breeding Bird Atlas

University of New Mexico Press

Examines over 270 species of birds known to breed in Arizona, complete with color photos and nesting and migratory data.

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The Alabados of New Mexico (Spanish and English Edition)

University of New Mexico Press

The sacred hymns of New Mexico compiled by the expert on church literature in a handsome bilingual volume.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Coal Camp Justice

Two Wrongs Make a Right

University of New Mexico Press

Garcia's novel focuses on life and death in the coal mines and camps of 1930s northern New Mexico.

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Stories of Mexico's Independence Days and Other Bilingual Children's Fables

University of New Mexico Press

Six bilingual children's stories from Mexico.

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Our New Mexico

A Twentieth Century History, Teacher's Guide

University of New Mexico Press

Supplementary teacher/student materials (activities, tests, etc.)

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Faraway Blue

University of New Mexico Press
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Lilus Kikus and Other Stories by Elena Poniatowska

University of New Mexico Press

The first English edition of the work of one of Mexico's most admired women writers.

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The San Diego World's Fairs and Southwestern Memory, 1880-1940

University of New Mexico Press

Bokovoy peels back the rhetoric of romance and reveals the legacies of the San Diego World's Fairs to reimagine the Indian and Hispanic Southwest.

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Brown-Eyed Children of the Sun

Lessons from the Chicano Movement, 1965-1975

University of New Mexico Press

A broad study of the Chicano/a movement in the Viet Nam War era.

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Choice, Persuasion, and Coercion

Social Control on Spain's North American Frontiers

University of New Mexico Press

This volume considers the responses to the social and institutional norms of the Spanish colonial system along Spain's northern frontier provinces.

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Seeing Indians

A Study of Race, Nation, and Power in El Salvador

University of New Mexico Press

A cross disciplinary study of the political motives for eradicating indigenous identity in El Salvador.

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Gunsmoke and Saddle Leather

Firearms in the Nineteenth-Century American West

University of New Mexico Press

The many roles played by guns in the old West with personal accounts by many early settlers and hundreds of photos.

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Interpreting Spanish Colonialism

Empires, Nations, and Legends

University of New Mexico Press

Scholars from Spain, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States discuss historical writings of the past and how our understanding of the colonial era has been influenced by the expectations of the day.

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The Jicarilla Apache

A Portrait

University of New Mexico Press

This well-rounded portrait of the Jicarilla people and lands reveals a culture and lifestyle seldom studied in the past.

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Yellow Cab

University of New Mexico Press

The sharp insights of a cab driver into the workings of the hidden world of an American city after dark.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Our New Mexico

A Twentieth Century History

University of New Mexico Press

Twentieth century New Mexico history for high school courses.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Silver Cities

Photographing American Urbanization, 1839–1939

University of New Mexico Press

This vastly expanded edition presents a lively interdisciplinary history of the first century of urban photography in America.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Alburquerque

A Novel

University of New Mexico Press

"Alburquerque is a rich and tempestuous book, full of love and compassion, the complex and exciting skullduggery of politics, and the age-old quest for roots, identity, family."--John Nichols, author of The Milagro Beanfield War

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Finding the West

Explorations with Lewis and Clark

University of New Mexico Press

Documents not only the stories that Lewis and Clark offered about their "road across the continent," but also the large and important stories by and about the Native peoples whose trails they followed and whose lands they described in their journals.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Into the Canyon

Seven Years in Navajo Country

University of New Mexico Press

"A delight to read; an invaluable historical and cultural narrative."--Leslie Marmon Silko

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Sandra Day O'Connor

Justice in the Balance

University of New Mexico Press

Learn how O'Connor became the Court's most important vote on such issues as abortion, affirmative action, the death penalty, the role of religion in society, and the election of a president, decisions that shaped a generation of Americans.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Hoyt Street

An Autobiography

University of New Mexico Press

This story of a Mexican American childhood in the barrios of Southern California will touch your heart and make you laugh out loud.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Healing with Herbs and Rituals

A Mexican Tradition

University of New Mexico Press

Healing with Herbs and Rituals is an herbal remedy-based understanding of curanderismo and the practice of herbalists as found in the American Southwest and northern Mexico.

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National Parks and the Woman's Voice

A History

University of New Mexico Press

In this updated study, Polly Kaufman discovers that staff are no longer able to fulfill the National Park Service mission without outside support.

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The Eyes of the Weaver

Los Ojos del Tejedor

University of New Mexico Press

Cristina Ortega shares with children her memories of visits with her grandfather who taught her how to weave when she was ten years old.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Larger Than Life

New Mexico in the Twentieth Century

University of New Mexico Press

Larger than Life offers eleven essays that touch on New Mexico's history through its people, places, and events.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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New Mexico

University of New Mexico Press

New Mexico is a single volume presentation of the fascinating succession of events and characters that make up the state's past.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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