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.
Oy, Caramba!
An Anthology of Jewish Stories from Latin America
First published in 1994 as Tropical Synagogues: Short Stories by Jewish-Latin American Writers, Ilan Stavans's classic anthology is expanded and updated in this new edition.
- Copyright year: 2016
Landscape and Politics in the Ancient Andes
Biographies of Place at Khonkho Wankane
This book is a study of the ways places are created and how they attain meaning.
- Copyright year: 2016
The Universe Playing Strings
A Novel
Music is the heartbeat of this novel about the world of hometown musicians--the jamming venues, the contests, the onstage cues, the subtle rules.
- Copyright year: 2016
Polygamy and the Rise and Demise of the Aztec Empire
This provocative examination of Aztec marriage practices offers a powerful analysis of the dynamics of society and politics in Mexico before and after the Spanish conquest.
- Copyright year: 2016
Jack M. Campbell
The Autobiography of New Mexico's First Modern Governor
In this engaging autobiography, Campbell traces his life story across major historical events in the country and New Mexico.
- Copyright year: 2016
Why Forage?
Hunters and Gatherers in the Twenty-First Century
Why Forage? shows that hunting and gathering continues to be a viable and vibrant way of life even in the twenty-first century.
- Copyright year: 2016
Muslim Youth and the 9/11 Generation
The contributors to this volume--who draw from a variety of disciplines--show how the study of Muslim youth at this particular historical juncture is relevant to thinking about the anthropology of youth, the anthropology of Islamic and Muslim societies, and the post-9/11 world more generally.
- Copyright year: 2016
In Appropriate Distance
The Ethics of the Photographic Essay
What is the evolving relationship between words and images in the photographic essay? Klingensmith explores this and other questions in In Appropriate Distance as she traces the development of the photographic essay from the 1890s to the 1990s and beyond.
- Copyright year: 2016
Drawing into Architecture
The Sketches of Antoine Predock
This collection of 172 sketches, many published here for the first time, surveys nearly fifty years of Antoine Predock's work.
- Copyright year: 2016
Creating Charismatic Bonds in Argentina
Letters to Juan and Eva Perón
Focusing on the first era of Peronism, from 1946 to 1955, this work shows how President Perón and the First Lady created charismatic ways to link themselves to Argentine supporters through letter writing.
- Copyright year: 2016