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.
Miners of the Red Mountain
Indian Labor in Potosi, 1545-1650
In this study Bakewell reexamines Indian-Spanish relations to suggest new aspects of the social and economic history of early colonial Peru.
- Copyright year: 2010
María of Ágreda
Mystical Lady in Blue
The intriguing story of the legendary "Lady in Blue" will be of interest to cultural and religious historians, as well as to women who have struggled for equality against all odds.
- Copyright year: 2009
La Clínica
A Doctor's Journey Across Borders
Sklar recalls how his earliest experiences in a remote Mexican clinic helped shape his career as an emergency physician and educator.
- Copyright year: 2009
Explorations in Navajo Poetry and Poetics
"This book is about the ways that the how of the story and the what of the story are intertwined."--from the Introduction
- Copyright year: 2010
Land of Disenchantment
Latina/o Identities and Transformations in Northern New Mexico
This experimental study of cultural dysfunction in New Mexico's Española Valley tells the stories of several of its Nuevomexicano residents, both famous and notorious.
- Copyright year: 2010
The Tree Rings' Tale
Understanding Our Changing Climate
Science writer Fleck addresses one of the most important guiding principles for life in the arid West and one that scientists have long recognized: climate variability.
- Copyright year: 2009
Texas Ranger Biographies
Those Who Served, 1910-1921
The biographies of all 1,782 Texas Rangers who served during the era of the Mexican Revolution are collected in one volume for the first time.
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Fly-Fishing Secrets of the Ancients
A Celebration of Five Centuries of Lore and Wisdom
Schullery ponders the great endless fish story we perpetuate and enrich every time we cast a fly.
- Copyright year: 2009
Country of Bullets
Chronicles of War
A respected journalist in Colombia chronicles the human stories of survival in the midst of the country's political and military violence.
- Copyright year: 2009
Untold Sisters
Hispanic Nuns in Their Own Works
In this revised edition of the first introduction to Hispanic convent culture published in the United States, the authors present the works of nuns going back to the sixteenth century.
- Copyright year: 2010
Santa Fe Nativa
A Collection of Nuevomexicano Writing
This anthology honors Santa Fe's role as the foundation of New Mexican Hispanic culture.
- Copyright year: 2010
Rabbit and the Fingerbone Necklace
Does Ji-Stu meet his match in the crafty ravens, out to get his most prized possession?
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The Journey of Tai-me
This precursor to The Way to Rainy Mountain was originally published in a handmade edition in 1967 and has never before been commercially available.
- Copyright year: 2010
In the Presence of the Sun
Stories and Poems, 1961-1991
A collection of evocative and versatile works by the National Medal of Arts recipient.
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How Shadows Are Bundled
An extraordinarily rich collection of poems, many of which explore what C.G. Jung referred to as the "shadow", that dark, usually hidden part of each of us.
- Copyright year: 2009
Building to Endure
Design Lessons of Arid Lands
How the long history of human settlement in the American Southwest can provide valuable lessons in addressing today's need to wisely use energy, water, and the land.
- Copyright year: 2009
Maya Yucatán
An Artist's Journey
These spectacular images document the beauty of the ancient sites of Yucatán and the enduring character of the Maya people still inhabiting the region.
- Copyright year: 2010
The Morganza, 1967
Life in a Legendary Reform School
Stuart describes the life of students and staff in this infamous school that was, in reality, a youth prison camp.
- Copyright year: 2009
Hearing the Mermaid's Song
The Umbanda Religion in Rio de Janeiro
Based on personal experience as a participant and observer over nearly a decade, Hale explores the unique spiritual beliefs of this Afro-Brazilian religion originated in Rio de Janeiro in the early twentieth century.
- Copyright year: 2009
Women's Migration Networks in Mexico and Beyond
This study examines the vital role that women's labor and personal networks play, both within Mexico and transnationally, in assisting other women to migrate and in providing support for male family members as well.
- Copyright year: 2009