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.

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

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.

"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

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

Twentieth century New Mexico history for high school courses.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Six bilingual children's stories from Mexico.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

A history of the German presence in the American Southwest, from the mid-nineteenth century through the World War I era.

Michelene Pesantubbee explores the changing roles of Choctaw women from pre-European contact to the twentieth century.

Profiles of six remarkable women writers and artists whose work was shaped significantly by their relationship with New Mexico.

A biography and a complete bibliography of New Mexico's leading independent historian.

The story of a sixteen-year-old Apache boy, a fourteen-year-old Anglo girl, and the horse they share, unbeknownst to each other.

This easy-to-use Navajo dictionary is intended primarily for Navajo children learning to read and write the language in bilingual classrooms, but it is also useful for anyone wanting to learn Navajo.

Biographies of and a collection of writings by women who, for various reasons, found themselves living in New Mexico Territory, from the mid-nineteenth century to the beginning of World War I.

A presentation of the most commonly encountered species of flora and fauna and ecological features found in New Mexico's Sandia Mountains.

The first history of women's contributions to the Spanish colonization of the New World.