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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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From Slavery to Freedom in Brazil

Bahia, 1835-1900

University of New Mexico Press

The political and religious forces which led to the decline of the slave trade in nineteenth century Bahia, Brazil.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Beyond the Missouri

The Story of the American West

University of New Mexico Press

A narrative history of the many peoples and cultures of the American West from prehistory to the twenty-first century.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Migrations

New Directions in Native American Art

Edited by Marjorie Devon
University of New Mexico Press

Migrations features a surprising selection of the work of six contemporary artists and the master printers at Tamarind Institute along with important essays by noted critics on the new directions of Native art.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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The Guaymas Chronicles

La Mandadera

University of New Mexico Press

This memoir of a young gringo anthropologist's assimilation into the exotic street life of a bustling port on Mexico's Sea of Cortez is also an account of the area's working-class life in the late 1960s.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Squares

A Public Place Design Guide for Urbanists

University of New Mexico Press

This discussion of what makes public places appealing and useful will inspire those involved with public planning and design.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Santa Fe Hispanic Culture

Preserving Identity in a Tourist Town

University of New Mexico Press

A native resident of Santa Fe discusses the impact of tourism on the City Different and the cultural identity of its Hispanic citizens.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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D. H. Lawrence in New Mexico

The Time is Different There

University of New Mexico Press

Recollections of Lawrence's life and friends in 1920s Taos.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Tinisima

University of New Mexico Press

This fictionalized account of the life of Tina Modotti is a fascinating story of the complex woman caught up in the social and political turbulence of the pre-World War II era.

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Malintzin's Choices

An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico

University of New Mexico Press

The complicated life of the real woman who came to be known as La Malinche.

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The Witches of Abiquiu

The Governor, the Priest, the Genizaro Indians, and the Devil

University of New Mexico Press

The little-known story of a priest's charges of witchcraft among Indians in mid-eighteenth-century New Mexico and how the Spanish government rejected the charges in the effort to achieve peace with their Native subjects.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Ropes, Reins, and Rawhide

All About Rodeo

University of New Mexico Press

The workings, workers, and animals of the heartstopping world of rodeo.

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The City of Women

By Ruth Landes; Introduction by Sally Cole
University of New Mexico Press

This book is the landmark study of candomblé, the Afro-Brazilian religion of Bahia, Brazil.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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The Mountains of New Mexico

By Robert Julyan; Photographs by Carl Smith
University of New Mexico Press

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.

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Photography and Writing in Latin America

Double Exposures

University of New Mexico Press

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.

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Space and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology

University of New Mexico Press

The archaeology of space and place is examined in this selection of papers from the 34th annual Chacmool Archaeological Conference.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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San Juan Bonanza

Western Colorado's Mining Legacy

University of New Mexico Press

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
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Darkest Before Dawn

Sedition and Free Speech in the American West

University of New Mexico Press

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
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Cantemos al Alba

Origins of Songs, Sounds, and Liturgical Drama of Hispanic New Mexico

By Tomás Lozano; Translated by Rima Montoya
University of New Mexico Press

New Mexico's early Hispanic liturgical literature and music are thoroughly examined in this comprehensive bilingual volume accompanied by two CDs.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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Bernard Plossu's New Mexico

By Gilles Mora; Photographs by Bernard Plossu; Foreword by Edward T. Hall
University of New Mexico Press

A remarkable collection of New Mexico images by one of today's best-known French photographers.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Puebloan Ruins of the Southwest

University of New Mexico Press

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
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