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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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Damned Notions of Liberty

Slavery, Culture, and Power in Colonial Mexico, 1640-1769

University of New Mexico Press

This study explores the lived experience of slavery from the perspective of slaves themselves to reveal how the enslaved may have conceptualized and contested their subordinated social positions in New Spain's middle colonial period (roughly 1630-1760s).

  • Copyright year: 2011
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Funerals, Festivals, and Cultural Politics in Porfirian Mexico

University of New Mexico Press

While most historians have argued that Díaz's reign owed its longevity to extralegal activities and personal appeals to loyalty, this study examines Díaz's successful manipulation of cults of the dead, hero cults, and national memory to shape the perception of his leadership.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Giveaways

An ABC Book of Loanwords from the Americas

University of New Mexico Press

Linda Boyden shares an alphabet list of indigenous loanwords from North, South, and Central America that have found their way into common usage either nationally or regionally.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Blood Desert

Witnesses, 1820-1880

University of New Mexico Press

In narrative poems that take us back to New Mexico during the nineteenth century, Renny Golden resurrects the spirits of native people and of those who came West.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Beyond Wari Walls

Regional Perspectives on Middle Horizon Peru

Edited by Justin Jennings
University of New Mexico Press

Wari culture and its influence in Andean prehistory is investigated here from a variety of geographic locales.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Nicaragua Before Now

Factory Work, Farming, and Fishing in a Low-wage Global Economy

University of New Mexico Press

Farrell weaves together interviews, photographs, and her own observations to illustrate the relationship between Nicaraguan laborers, international politics, and global markets.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Tamarind Touchstones

Fabulous at Fifty: Creating Excellence in Fine Art Lithography

Edited by Marjorie Devon
University of New Mexico Press

Showcasing the broad aesthetic capabilities of lithography, Tamarind Touchstones demonstrates the diversity of the artists who have embraced lithography and their increased facility and comfort with the medium.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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The Risen Horse

University of New Mexico Press

This story of the tribulations of early reservation life that led to the modern-day triumphs of the Mescalero people also offers a rare glimpse at the strengths of education at Carlisle, largely remembered for its flaws.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Golden States of Grace

Prayers of the Disinherited

By (photographer) Rick Nahmias; Foreword by Jack Miles
University of New Mexico Press

Taking California as a window into the diversity of religion in America, Golden States of Grace documents marginalized communities at prayer in their own faith traditions.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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What Are Global Warming and Climate Change?

Answers for Young Readers

University of New Mexico Press

Using a question-and-answer format supplemented by hands-on activities, this book fosters an understanding of the complex processes at work in global warming and climate change.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Raptors of New Mexico

University of New Mexico Press

This beautifully illustrated study is the first book to focus on the birds of prey of New Mexico.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Powering the Future

New Energy Technologies

University of New Mexico Press

This lively introduction to alternative energy sources highlights the science that will play a vital role in our lives today and in the future.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Old Yellowstone Days

University of New Mexico Press

This new edition of the first book to collect accounts of early visits to Yellowstone includes a new Foreword by park historian Lee H. Whittlesey.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Notes from a Miner's Canary

Essays on the State of Native America

University of New Mexico Press

A leading scholar takes on a variety of contemporary issues as they relate to Native Americans.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Los Alamos

The Ranch School Years, 1917-1943

University of New Mexico Press

Wirth and Aldrich examine the Los Alamos Ranch School, an elite prep school for boys, ages twelve to eighteen. In existence between the two World Wars, the school's curriculum combined a robust outdoor life with a rigorous academic program mirroring the Progressive Era's quest for perfection.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Invitation to an Execution

A History of the Death Penalty in the United States

University of New Mexico Press

These original essays examine the complex history of the death penalty, focusing on specific geographic areas to illuminate the circumstances of law and politics.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Allies at Odds

The Andean Church and its Indigenous Agents, 1583-1671

University of New Mexico Press

Explores the vital, often conflictive role indigenous agents played in the creation of Andean Christian society.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Where a Hundred Soldiers Were Killed

The Struggle for the Powder River Country in 1866 and the Making of the Fetterman Myth

University of New Mexico Press

Monnett takes a closer look at the struggle between the mining interests of the United States and the Lakota and Cheyenne nations in 1866 that climaxed with the Fetterman Massacre.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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The War for Mexico's West

Indians and Spaniards in New Galicia, 1524-1550

University of New Mexico Press

Altman has undertaken the challenging task of examining the Spaniards' attempt to conquer and settle the western region of Mexico (New Galicia).

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Land, Wind, and Hard Words

A Story of Navajo Activism

University of New Mexico Press

Because of his friendship with the Jacksons, Sherry was on the scene during the aftermath of the mysterious death of Leroy Jackson in 1993. His vivid account of the resulting journalistic feeding frenzy and heightened conflict on the reservation adds an unusual dimension to this intimate and unpretentious story.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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