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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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Tortilla Chronicles

Growing Up in Santa Fe

University of New Mexico Press

The traditional Hispanic culture of 1950s Santa Fe comes alive through the members of the hardworking Romero family.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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The Shaman and the Water Serpent

University of New Mexico Press

Dewey tells the stories of early Puebloan peoples and their reverance for the land and animals on which their survival depended.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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Sing My Whole Life Long

Jenny Vincent's Life in Folk Music and Activism

University of New Mexico Press

"This lady is a big breath of hope in a cynical age."--from the Introduction by John Nichols

  • Copyright year: 2007
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Native American Life-History Narratives

Colonial and Postcolonial Navajo Ethnography

University of New Mexico Press

The author provides methods for the study of American Indian ethnographic texts and disputes some previous assumptions about the sources of the stories in Son of Old Man Hat.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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Conversations with Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Writers

University of New Mexico Press

Interviews with major Chicana/o authors are the basis for this examination of the commonality of issues in the work of each of them.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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The Southwestern Journals of Zebulon Pike, 1806-1807

University of New Mexico Press

This valuable and long-out-of-print edition of Pike's Southwestern journals is being reissued on the bicentennial of the journey with a new Introduction by historian Mark L. Gardner.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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Legend and Lore of the Guadalupe Mountains

University of New Mexico Press

These tales of the mountains, mines, and characters of the Guadalupe range were collected over many years by the author who has explored the area since he was a boy.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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Hip to the Trip

A Cultural History of Route 66

University of New Mexico Press

Dedek paints a complex portrait of America's most famous highway.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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Cowtown Wichita and the Wild, Wicked West

University of New Mexico Press

A new look at the colorful history of the Peerless Princess of the Plains.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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Tombstone's Treasure

Silver Mines and Golden Saloons

University of New Mexico Press

The silver rush in Tombstone, Arizona, created one of the most sophisticated towns in the American West, complete with lavish saloons, gambling, ice cream parlors, and a swimming pool.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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