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.
Cuba
Picturing Change
Large format photographs help define Cuba as seen through this photographer's lens over a four-year period. Eloquent essays accompany the images.
- Copyright year: 2002
The Indian Frontier, 1763-1846
A sweeping history of the cultural clashes between Indians and the British, Spanish, Mexicans, and Americans. A story of the contest for land and power across multiple and simultaneous frontiers.
- Copyright year: 2002
The Great Ball Game of the Birds and Animals
An ancient Cherokee legend, retold with lively dialogue and intriguing illustrations.
- Copyright year: 2002
A Settling of Accounts
The Journals of don Diego de Vargas, New Mexico, 1700-1704
The sixth and final volume of the journals of don Diego de Vargas.
- Copyright year: 2002
For Our Navajo People
Diné Letters, Speeches, and Petitions, 1900-1960
Using previously unpublished material, this book presents Navajo perspectives on key issues of land, community, education, rights, government, and identity.
- Copyright year: 2002
World War II and the American Indian
The first full ethnohistory of American Indian responses to, and participation in, World War II; beginning with the drift toward war in the 1930s, including their reactions to propaganda campaigns directed at them by Nazi sympathizers.
- Copyright year: 2002
Quito 1599
City and Colony in Transition
Explores the dramatic colonial history of Ecuador and southern Colombia, fleshing out everyday life and individual exploits.
- Copyright year: 2002
An Illustrated History of New Mexico
Combines more than two hundred photographs and a concise history to create an engaging, panoramic view of New Mexico's fascinating past.
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Foods of the Maya
A Taste of the Yucatán
A trip to the Yucatan in your own kitchen.
- Copyright year: 2002
Secrecy and Deceit
The Religion of the Crypto-Jews
Comprehensive history of crypto-Jewish beliefs and social customs.
- Copyright year: 2002
Making a Real Killing
Rocky Flats and the Nuclear West
A chilling, fast-moving study of the nuclear weapons plant in the Denver suburbs, told through the experiences of managers, workers, activists, and neighbors who were all so deeply affected by the hazardous plant.
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Ask the Bugman
Environmentally Safe Ways to Control Household Pests
How to control household pests in a more environmentally friendly way.
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The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1940
This volume carefully shows how Mexico institutionalized some revolutionary promises and suffered the shattering loss of others.
- Copyright year: 2002
New Mexican Lives
Profiles and Historical Stories
This book will appeal to anyone interested in knowing more about how a fascinating mix of people of various cultures have molded New Mexico's history.
- Copyright year: 2002
English/Spanish Child Abuse Phrase Book
Family-Social Worker Interview Manual/Manual Bilingüe Para Familias
Presents the child abuse investigation referral in a bilingual format, phrase by phrase directly as it occurs, to make it more accessible to both social worker and family.
- Copyright year: 2002
Paintings of the Southwest
A rare collection of art and literature perfectly suited for the artist, traveler, or anyone enchanted by the Southwest.
- Copyright year: 2002
Mesoamerica's Ancient Cities
A thoroughly revised edition of the classic photographic portrayal of the major pre-Columbian ruins of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras.
- Copyright year: 2002
Understanding Stone Tools and Archaeological Sites
Covers manufacturing techniques, lithic types and materials, reduction strategies and techniques, worldwide lithic technology, production variables, meaning of form, and usewear and residue analysis.
- Copyright year: 2001
When the Texans Came
Missing Records from the Civil War in the Southwest, 1861-1862
Newly-available records from the Civil War in the Southwest, drawn from both Union and Confederate sources, give a much-improved understanding of that period through the words of those who shaped and participated in events at that time.
- Copyright year: 2001
The Education of Little Tree
The Education of Little Tree tells of a boy orphaned very young, who is adopted by his Cherokee grandmother and half-Cherokee grandfather in the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee during the Great Depression.
- Copyright year: 2001