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.
Ropes, Reins, and Rawhide
All About Rodeo
The workings, workers, and animals of the heartstopping world of rodeo.
- Copyright year: 2006
The City of Women
This book is the landmark study of candomblé, the Afro-Brazilian religion of Bahia, Brazil.
- Copyright year: 2006
The Mountains of New Mexico
This guide to New Mexico's mountains provides information such as location, elevation and relief, ecosystems, archaeology, Native American presence, mining history, ghost towns, recreation, geology, ecology, and plants and animals.
- Copyright year: 2006
Photography and Writing in Latin America
Double Exposures
This is the first book to document the extensive collaboration between writers and photographers in Latin America from the Mexican Revolution through the twentieth century.
- Copyright year: 2006
Space and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology
The archaeology of space and place is examined in this selection of papers from the 34th annual Chacmool Archaeological Conference.
- Copyright year: 2006
San Juan Bonanza
Western Colorado's Mining Legacy
A collaborative photo-history of the natural beauty of the narrow-gauge railroads and mountain trails leading to the San Juan Mountains' mining camps, boomtowns, and ghost towns.
- Copyright year: 2006
Darkest Before Dawn
Sedition and Free Speech in the American West
Today's threats against freedom of speech echo the hysteria of World War I, when Americans went to prison for dissent. This cautionary tale focuses on events in Montana and the West that led to the suspension of this crucial right.
- Copyright year: 2006
Cantemos al Alba
Origins of Songs, Sounds, and Liturgical Drama of Hispanic New Mexico
New Mexico's early Hispanic liturgical literature and music are thoroughly examined in this comprehensive bilingual volume accompanied by two CDs.
- Copyright year: 2007
Bernard Plossu's New Mexico
A remarkable collection of New Mexico images by one of today's best-known French photographers.
- Copyright year: 2006
Puebloan Ruins of the Southwest
Puebloan Ruins of the Southwest offers over 325 color photos showing Puebloan culture from its prehistoric beginnings through twenty-five hundred years of growth and change, ending with the modern-day Pueblo Indians of New Mexico and Arizona.
- Copyright year: 2006