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Season of Terror
The Espinosas in Central Colorado, March–October 1863
University Press of Colorado
Season of Terror is the first book-length treatment of the little-known true story of the Espinosas—serial murderers with a mission to kill every Anglo in Civil War–era Colorado Territory—and the men who brought them down.
Jeannette Rankin
A Political Woman
By James J. Lopach and Jean A. Luckowski
University Press of Colorado
Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, stands tall among American icons. The representative from Montana won her seat at a time when women didn't have the right to vote in most states. Her firm stances inspired both admiration and fury across party lines, and she gained nearly canonical status among feminists and pacifists. In Jeannette Rankin: A Political Woman, James Lopach and Jean Luckowski demythologize Rankin, showing her to be a talented, driven, and deeply divided woman.
Life beyond the Boundaries
Constructing Identity in Edge Regions of the North American Southwest
Edited by Karen Harry and Sarah A. Herr
University Press of Colorado
Life beyond the Boundaries explores identity formation on the edges of the ancient Southwest. Focusing on some of the more poorly understood regions, including the Jornada Mogollon, the Gallina, and the Pimería Alta, the authors use methods drawn from material culture science, anthropology, and history to investigate themes related to the construction of social identity along the perimeters of the American Southwest.
Constructions of Time and History in the Pre-Columbian Andes
Edited by Edward Swenson and Andrew Roddick
University Press of Colorado
Constructions of Time and History in the Pre-Columbian Andes explores archaeological approaches to temporalities, social memory, and constructions of history in the pre-Columbian Andes. The authors examine a range of indigenous temporal experiences and ideologies, including astronomical, cyclical, generational, eschatological, and mythical time.
A History of Mortgage Banking in the West
Financing America's Dreams
University Press of Colorado
Part economic history, part public history, A History of Mortgage Banking in the West is an insider’s account of how the mortgage banking sector worked over the last 150 years, including analysis of the causes of the 2007 mortgage crisis. Beginning with the land and railroad development acts that encouraged settlement in the west, E. Michael Rosser and Diane M. Sanders trace the laws, institutions, and individuals that contributed to the economic growth of the region.
Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on the Itzas of Petén, Guatemala
Edited by Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice
University Press of Colorado
Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on the Itzas of Petén, Guatemala is the first exhaustively detailed and thorough account of the Itzas—a Maya group that dominated much of the western lowland area of tropical forest, swamps, and grasslands in Petén, Guatemala.
Land, Politics, and Memory in Five Nija’ib' K’iche’ Títulos
"The Title and Proof of Our Ancestors"
University Press of Colorado
Land, Politics, and Memory in Five Nija’ib’ K’iche’ Títulos is a careful analysis and translation of five Highland Maya títulos composed in the sixteenth century.
Land, Politics, and Memory in Five Nija'ib' K'iche' Títulos
"The Title and Proof of Our Ancestors"
University Press of Colorado
Land, Politics, and Memory in Five Nija’ib’ K’iche’ Títulos is a careful analysis and translation of five Highland Maya títulos composed in the sixteenth century.
Words and Worlds Turned Around
Indigenous Christianities in Colonial Latin America
Edited by David Tavárez; Foreword by William Taylor
University Press of Colorado
A sophisticated, state-of-the-art study of the remaking of Christianity by indigenous societies, Words and Worlds Turned Around reveals the manifold transformations of Christian discourses in the colonial Americas.
The Lisu
Far from the Ruler
By Michele Zack
University Press of Colorado
This first-ever book about the Lisu brings their ironic worldview to life through vivid, often amusing accounts of individuals, communities, regions, and practices. One of the smallest and last groups of stateless people, and the most egalitarian of all Southeast Asian highland minorities, the Lisu have not only survived extremes at the crossroads of civil wars, the drug trade, and state-sponsored oppression but adapted to modern politics and technology without losing their identity.
The Last Stand of the Pack
Critical Edition
University Press of Colorado
This critical edition explores the past and future of wolves in Colorado. Originally published in 1929, The Last Stand of the Pack is a historical account of the extermination of what were then believed to be the last wolves in Colorado.
Stones, Bones, and Profiles
Exploring Archaeological Context, Early American Hunter-Gatherers, and Bison
Edited by Marcel Kornfeld and Bruce Huckell
University Press of Colorado
Instead of Dying
University Press of Colorado, Center for Literary Publishing
Invoking spiders and senators, physicists and aliens, Lauren Haldeman’s second book, Instead of Dying, decodes the world of death with a powerful mix of humor, epiphany, and agonizing grief.
Relating to Rock Art in the Contemporary World
Navigating Symbolism, Meaning, and Significance
Edited by Liam M. Brady and Paul S.C. Taçon
University Press of Colorado
Relating to Rock Art in the Contemporary World challenges traditional ways of thinking about this highly recognizable form of visual heritage and provides insight into its contemporary significance.
An Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
Adaptations, Structures, Meanings
By David Haines
University Press of Colorado
This texbook exposes students to the cultural detail and personal experiences that lie in the anthropological record and extends their anthropological understanding to contemporary issues.
Uncertain Times
Anthropological Approaches to Labor in a Neoliberal World
Edited by E. Paul Durrenberger
University Press of Colorado
This first-ever collection of labor anthropology from around the world asserts that traditional labor unions have been co-opted by neoliberal policies of corporate capital and have become service organizations rather than drivers of social movements.
Navajo Textiles
The Crane Collection at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
By Laurie D. Webster, Louise Stiver, D. Y. Begay, and Lynda Teller Pete; Introduction by Ann Lane Hedlund
University Press of Colorado
Navajo Textiles is a nuanced account of the historical context of the Navajo weavings in the Crane Collection at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science—one of the largest collections of Navajo textiles inthe world. Bringing together the work of anthropologists and indigenous artists, the book explores the Navajo rug trade in the mid-nineteenth century and changes in the Navajo textile market while highlighting the museum’s important, though still relatively unknown, collection of Navajo textiles.
Creating Dialogues
Indigenous Perceptions and Changing Forms of Leadership in Amazonia
Edited by Hanne Veber and Pirjo Virtanen
University Press of Colorado
Creating Dialogues discusses contemporary forms of leadership in a variety of Amazonian indigenous groups. Examining the creation of indigenous leaders as political subjects in the context of contemporary state policies of democratization and exploitation of natural resources, the book addresses issues of resilience and adaptation at the level of local community politics in lowland South America.
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