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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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Myth and the History of the Hispanic Southwest

University of New Mexico Press

Explores the complex ways that myth and history have intersected in the remembrance of the Southwest's Hispanic past.

  • Copyright year: 1990
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Growing Up with the Country

Childhood on the Far Western Frontier

University of New Mexico Press

This illustrated study shows how frontier life shaped children's character.

  • Copyright year: 1989
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Josey Wales

Two Westerns : Gone to Texas; The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales

University of New Mexico Press

Josey Wales was the most wanted man in Texas. His wife and child had been lost to pre-civil War destruction and, like Jesse James and other young farmers, he joined the guerrilla soldiers of Missouri-men with no cause but survival and no purpose but revenge.

  • Copyright year: 1989
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Fishing in New Mexico

University of New Mexico Press

Key to fishing waters.

  • Copyright year: 1996
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A Guide Book to Highway 66

University of New Mexico Press

An exact facsimile of the first guidebook of its kind to the full length of the famous Route 66.

  • Copyright year: 1989
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Photography in Print

Writings from 1816 to the Present

Edited by Vicki Goldberg
University of New Mexico Press

Essays by photographers, critics, and philosophers.

  • Copyright year: 1988
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Western Women

Their Land, Their Lives

University of New Mexico Press

These essays analyze and interpret studies on women's roles in the American West.

  • Copyright year: 1988
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New Mexico

An Interpretive History

University of New Mexico Press

The memorable story of New Mexico's history.

  • Copyright year: 1988
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Wind from an Enemy Sky

University of New Mexico Press

A novel about a fictional Northwestern tribe.

  • Copyright year: 1988
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Dancing Gods

Indian Ceremonials of New Mexico and Arizona

University of New Mexico Press

The best single reference for visitors to dances at the Rio Grande Pueblos, Zuni Pueblo, the Hopi Mesas, and the Navajo and Apache reservations.

  • Copyright year: 1988
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Westward the Women

An Anthology of Western Stories by Women

Edited by Vicki Piekarski
University of New Mexico Press

Stories by Willa Cather, Mary Austin, Mari Sandoz, and Leslie Silko, among other women writers, who have illuminated the Western experience.

  • Copyright year: 1988
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Heart of Aztlan

A Novel

University of New Mexico Press

"In Heart of Aztlan a prose writer with the soul of a poet, and a dedication to his calling that only the greatest artists ever sustain, is on an important track, the right one, the only one."-La Confluencia

  • Copyright year: 1988
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The Devil's Butcher Shop

The New Mexico Prison Uprising

University of New Mexico Press

"A modern horror story told in graphic detail. Morris's meticulous documentation traces prison corruption . . . proving the tragedy could have been avoided. I recommend this book without reservation."--Jack Anderson

  • Copyright year: 1988
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From Hacienda to Bungalow

Northern New Mexico Houses, 1850-1912

University of New Mexico Press

A generously illustrated look at how architecture changed dramatically in northern New Mexico with the influx of settlers from the East.

  • Copyright year: 2008
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Diné Bahane'

The Navajo Creation Story

University of New Mexico Press

Zolbrod's book offers the general reader a vivid introduction to Navajo culture.

  • Copyright year: 1987
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New Mexico's Best Ghost Towns

A Practical Guide

University of New Mexico Press

This useful guidebook surveys more than eighty ghost towns, grouped by geographic area.

  • Copyright year: 1987
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The Navajo Language

A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary

University of New Mexico Press

This definitive dictionary and linguistic resource by Robert Young is once again available.

  • Copyright year: 1987
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The Fourth World of the Hopis

The Epic Story of the Hopi Indians as Preserved in Their Legends and Traditions

University of New Mexico Press

Here the noted folklorist brings together traditional accounts of epic events and adventures in the life of Hopi clans and villages, from legendary to historical times.

  • Copyright year: 1987
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Runner in the Sun

By D'Arcy McNickle; Afterword by Alfonso Ortiz; Illustrated by Allan C. Houser
University of New Mexico Press

A novel of pre-Hispanic Indian life in the Southwest.

  • Copyright year: 1987
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Cannery Women, Cannery Lives

Mexican Women, Unionization, and the California Food Processing Industry, 1930-1950

University of New Mexico Press

This dramatic and turbulent history of UCAPAWA is a major contribution to the new labor history in its carefully documented account of minority women controlling their union and regulating their working lives.

  • Copyright year: 1987
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Water in New Mexico

A History of Its Management and Use

University of New Mexico Press

The most comprehensive reference on the state's most precious resource is now back in print.

  • Copyright year: 1987
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The Jailing of Cecelia Capture

University of New Mexico Press

A novel of urban Indian life.

  • Copyright year: 1987
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Architecture Without Architects

A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture

University of New Mexico Press

A unique examination of building and culture.

  • Copyright year: 1987
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Pieces of White Shell

University of New Mexico Press

Introduction to Navajo culture by a storyteller.

  • Copyright year: 1987
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I Married a Soldier

University of New Mexico Press

Through her eyes we see the close-knit social life of an army post, the western frontier's divided response to the American Civil War, and the cultures and peoples of the West.

  • Copyright year: 1987
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Edge of Taos Desert

An Escape to Reality

University of New Mexico Press

Autobiographical account describing Luhan's first months in New Mexico.

  • Copyright year: 1987
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Mabel Dodge Luhan

New Woman, New Worlds

University of New Mexico Press

The definitive biography of a cultural icon.

  • Copyright year: 1987
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Visual Anthropology

Photography as a Research Method

University of New Mexico Press

This book provides reliable research methods from the systematic gathering of data through analysis of photographic records to transfer of insights to ethnographic records, with an emphasis on developing the skills of thorough observation rather than on technical skill.

  • Copyright year: 1986
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Indian Rock Art of the Southwest

University of New Mexico Press

The comprehensive book on Indian petroglyphs in the Southwest.

  • Copyright year: 1986
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Filaree

A Novel of an American Woman

University of New Mexico Press

This moving novel of pioneer life in Arizona has become a classic.

  • Copyright year: 1996
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