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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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Finding the West

Explorations with Lewis and Clark

University of New Mexico Press

Documents not only the stories that Lewis and Clark offered about their "road across the continent," but also the large and important stories by and about the Native peoples whose trails they followed and whose lands they described in their journals.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Alburquerque

A Novel

University of New Mexico Press

"Alburquerque is a rich and tempestuous book, full of love and compassion, the complex and exciting skullduggery of politics, and the age-old quest for roots, identity, family."--John Nichols, author of The Milagro Beanfield War

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Silver Cities

Photographing American Urbanization, 1839–1939

University of New Mexico Press

This vastly expanded edition presents a lively interdisciplinary history of the first century of urban photography in America.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Our New Mexico

A Twentieth Century History

University of New Mexico Press

Twentieth century New Mexico history for high school courses.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Yellow Cab

University of New Mexico Press

The sharp insights of a cab driver into the workings of the hidden world of an American city after dark.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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The Jicarilla Apache

A Portrait

University of New Mexico Press

This well-rounded portrait of the Jicarilla people and lands reveals a culture and lifestyle seldom studied in the past.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Interpreting Spanish Colonialism

Empires, Nations, and Legends

University of New Mexico Press

Scholars from Spain, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States discuss historical writings of the past and how our understanding of the colonial era has been influenced by the expectations of the day.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Gunsmoke and Saddle Leather

Firearms in the Nineteenth-Century American West

University of New Mexico Press

The many roles played by guns in the old West with personal accounts by many early settlers and hundreds of photos.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Seeing Indians

A Study of Race, Nation, and Power in El Salvador

University of New Mexico Press

A cross disciplinary study of the political motives for eradicating indigenous identity in El Salvador.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Choice, Persuasion, and Coercion

Social Control on Spain's North American Frontiers

University of New Mexico Press

This volume considers the responses to the social and institutional norms of the Spanish colonial system along Spain's northern frontier provinces.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Brown-Eyed Children of the Sun

Lessons from the Chicano Movement, 1965-1975

University of New Mexico Press

A broad study of the Chicano/a movement in the Viet Nam War era.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Lilus Kikus and Other Stories by Elena Poniatowska

University of New Mexico Press

The first English edition of the work of one of Mexico's most admired women writers.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Faraway Blue

University of New Mexico Press
  • Copyright year: 2005
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Our New Mexico

A Twentieth Century History, Teacher's Guide

University of New Mexico Press

Supplementary teacher/student materials (activities, tests, etc.)

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Stories of Mexico's Independence Days and Other Bilingual Children's Fables

University of New Mexico Press

Six bilingual children's stories from Mexico.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Coal Camp Justice

Two Wrongs Make a Right

University of New Mexico Press

Garcia's novel focuses on life and death in the coal mines and camps of 1930s northern New Mexico.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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The Alabados of New Mexico (Spanish and English Edition)

University of New Mexico Press

The sacred hymns of New Mexico compiled by the expert on church literature in a handsome bilingual volume.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Arizona Breeding Bird Atlas

University of New Mexico Press

Examines over 270 species of birds known to breed in Arizona, complete with color photos and nesting and migratory data.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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AfterBurn

Reflections on Burning Man

University of New Mexico Press

Stories of the counterculture event that brings together thousands each year for a weeklong spasm of self-expression in the Nevada desert.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Preserving Western History

University of New Mexico Press

The first collection of essays on public history in the American West.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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