Orange County Housecleaners documents the lives of seven women who make their livings cleaning houses in Orange County, California; five are Latina immigrants and two are Orange County natives.

Decade of Betrayal focuses on the experiences of individuals illegally shipped from the U.S. to Mexico in the 1930s and the recent questions of a formal apology and fiscal remuneration.

This history and guidebook is composed of two parts: first, narratives of the Plains Indian conflicts and, second, directions to battle sites in Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming.

Navajo/English Dictionary of Verbs lists 350 Navajo verbs in paradigm form, conjugated for the Imperfective, Perfective, and Future modes.

Karen Taschek introduces teen readers to the wonders revealed by the VLA telescope, beginning with basic information on our solar system and our Milky Way galaxy.

Corridos in Migrant Memory examines the role of ballads in shaping the cultural memories and identities of transnational Mexican groups.

This study of the Mexican meat industry's resistance to American processing methods illustrates one of the popular origins of the Revolution of 1910 and how Mexican butchers preserved their traditional craft.

The ten essays in Local Religion in Colonial Mexico provide information about the religious culture in colonial Mexico.

Holy Intoxication to Drunken Dissipation examines how the defense of drinking and getting drunk ended abruptly as the people of Otavalo re-evaluated their traditional religious life and their relationship with the wider Ecuadorian society.

An ethnographic study of the Ch'orti' Maya of Guatemala and their reformulation of their history and identity.

An informative and entertaining history of "The Duke City" and its inhabitants by a longtime New Mexico reporter.

Based on the ancient Cherokee teaching that squirrels keep the woods alive and should not be hunted, Rabbit Plants the Forest tells the story from Cherokee mythology about animals and their places in our world.

New Mexico is a single volume presentation of the fascinating succession of events and characters that make up the state's past.

Larger than Life offers eleven essays that touch on New Mexico's history through its people, places, and events.

Cristina Ortega shares with children her memories of visits with her grandfather who taught her how to weave when she was ten years old.

In this updated study, Polly Kaufman discovers that staff are no longer able to fulfill the National Park Service mission without outside support.

Healing with Herbs and Rituals is an herbal remedy-based understanding of curanderismo and the practice of herbalists as found in the American Southwest and northern Mexico.

This story of a Mexican American childhood in the barrios of Southern California will touch your heart and make you laugh out loud.

Learn how O'Connor became the Court's most important vote on such issues as abortion, affirmative action, the death penalty, the role of religion in society, and the election of a president, decisions that shaped a generation of Americans.

"A delight to read; an invaluable historical and cultural narrative."--Leslie Marmon Silko