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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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The Allure of Nezahualcoyotl

Pre-Hispanic History, Religion, and Nahua Poetics

University of New Mexico Press

Lee offers a more realistic portrait of the legendary Aztec ruler Nezahualcoyotl, derived from examination of original Nahuatl codices and poetry, as well as Spanish chronicles.

  • Copyright year: 2008
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Roadside New Mexico

A Guide to Historic Markers, Revised and Expanded Edition

By David Pike; Foreword by Beverly Duran
University of New Mexico Press

This revised and expanded edition of Roadside New Mexico provides additional information about these sites and includes approximately one hundred new markers, sixty-five of which document the contribution of women to the history of New Mexico.

  • Copyright year: 2015
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New Mexico 2050

Edited by Fred Harris
University of New Mexico Press

Here some of the state's most noted and qualified policy experts answer two vital questions: New Mexico 2050--What can we be? What will we be?

  • Copyright year: 2015
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Reining in the Rio Grande

People, Land, and Water

University of New Mexico Press

This study examines human interactions with the Rio Grande from prehistoric time to the present day and explores what possibilities remain for the desert river.

  • Copyright year: 2011
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Crossing Over

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

"Priscilla Long would take a bridge anywhere to reach her lost sister, and these poems are replete with bridges literal and metaphoric. In her quest and resolve, these words resonate from 'Kaddish for Susanne': 'All praise to all that is.'"--Carole Simmons Oles, author of A Selected History of Her Heart: Poems

  • Copyright year: 2015
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Religion in New Spain

University of New Mexico Press

This extensive study examines the variety of religious practice and tradition that developed from the confluence of the numerous beliefs and cultures in the northern colonies of New Spain.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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The Wild That Attracts Us

New Critical Essays on Robinson Jeffers

University of New Mexico Press

The first collection in twenty years of essays on Robinson Jeffers, one of the great American poets of the twentieth century, this work signals the sea change in Jeffers scholarship, as well as the increasing breadth and depth of criticism of the literature of the American West.

  • Copyright year: 2015
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Huichol Women, Weavers, and Shamans

University of New Mexico Press

"A beautiful ethnographic work. Schaefer deftly relates mythology, cosmology, family life, and economics within the spiritual practice and mechanics of weaving. There is clearly a preservation ethos underlying Schaefer's work, yet her depiction is not mournful, it is celebratory."--Ethnohistory

  • Copyright year: 2002
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Chasing the Santa Fe Ring

Power and Privilege in Territorial New Mexico

University of New Mexico Press

David L. Caffey's book tells the story of the rise and fall of the Santa Fe Ring, looking beyond myth and symbol to explore the history of this remarkably durable alliance.

  • Copyright year: 2014
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Abbey in America

A Philosopher's Legacy in a New Century

Edited by John A. Murray
University of New Mexico Press

Abbey in America, published forty years after Abbey's popular novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, features an all-star list of contributors, including journalists, authors, scholars, and two of Abbey's best friends as they explore Abbey's ideas and legacy through their unique literary, personal, and scholarly perspectives.

  • Copyright year: 2015
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