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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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La Mina

A Royal Moche Tomb

University of New Mexico Press

La Mina: A Royal Moche Tomb focuses on La Mina, an extraordinarily rich tomb that was looted on the north coast of Peru in 1987.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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House Gods

Sustainable Buildings and Renegade Builders

University of New Mexico Press

In House Gods, Kristofic pursues the techniques of sustainable building and the philosophies of its practitioners.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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"A Serpentine Gesture"

John Ashbery's Poetry and Phenomenology

University of New Mexico Press
  • Copyright year: 2022
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New Mexico's Moses

Reies López Tijerina and the Religious Origins of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

University of New Mexico Press

In New Mexico's Moses, Ramón A. Gutiérrez dives deeply into Reies López Tijerina's religious formation during the 1940s and 1950s, illustrating how his Pentecostal foundation remained an integral part of his psyche even as he migrated toward social-movement politics.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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Jesuits and Race

A Global History of Continuity and Change, 1530-2020

University of New Mexico Press
  • Copyright year: 2022
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I Got Mine

Confessions of a Midlist Writer

University of New Mexico Press, High Road Books
  • Copyright year: 2022
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Tactics of Hope in Latinx Children's and Young Adult Literature

University of New Mexico Press

Using Gloria Anzaldúa's theories of conocimiento as a critical lens, the authors examine several literary works including Side by Side / Lado a lado; They Call Me Güero; Land of the Cranes; Efrén Divided; and Gabi, a Girl in Pieces.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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Colorado Family Outdoor Adventure

An All-Ages Guide to Hiking, Camping, and Getting Outside

University of New Mexico Press

Colorado Family Outdoor Adventure is the definitive guide for families of all ages to experiencing the natural splendors of Colorado.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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Histories of Drug Trafficking in Twentieth-Century Mexico

University of New Mexico Press
  • Copyright year: 2022
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Graciela

One Woman's Story of War, Survival, and Perseverance in the Peruvian Andes

University of New Mexico Press

Graciela chronicles the life of a Quechua-speaking Indigenous woman in the remote Andean highlands during the war in Peru that killed seventy thousand people and displaced hundreds of thousands more in the 1980s and 1990s.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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The New Death

Mortality and Death Care in the Twenty-First Century

University of New Mexico Press

The New Death brings together scholars who are intrigued by today's rapidly changing death practices and attitudes.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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The Mexican Chile Pepper Cookbook

The Soul of Mexican Home Cooking

University of New Mexico Press

The Mexican Chile Pepper Cookbook is the first book to explore the glories of Mexican regional cooking by focusing on this single, but endlessly variable, ingredient.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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From Sea-Bathing to Beach-Going

A Social History of the Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

University of New Mexico Press
  • Copyright year: 2022
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Tucumcari Tonite!

A Story of Railroads, Route 66, and the Waning of a Western Town

University of New Mexico Press

Tucumcari Tonite! blends in-depth research and personal and family experiences to re-create a "memoir" of Tucumcari.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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Hiking Trails in Valles Caldera National Preserve, Revised Edition

By Coco Rae; Foreword by Tom Ribe
University of New Mexico Press

Hiking Trails in Valles Caldera National Preserve offers first-time and returning visitors a complete guide to the recreation and beauty found in this unique landscape.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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First Impressions

A Reader's Journey to Iconic Places of the American Southwest

University of New Mexico Press

First Impressions: A Reader's Journey to Iconic Places of the American Southwest tells the story of fifteen iconic sites across Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and southern Colorado through the eyes of the explorers, missionaries, and travelers who were the first nonnatives to describe them.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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Ethnographic Refusals, Unruly Latinidades

University of New Mexico Press

The essays in this collection do not offer simple solutions to histories of colonialism, patriarchy, and misogyny through which gender binaries and racial hierarches have been imposed and reproduced, but rather provide a crucial opportunity for reflection on and continued reimagination of the contours of Latinidad.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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Donaciano Vigil

The Life of a Nuevomexicano Soldier, Statesman, and Territorial Governor

University of New Mexico Press

In this gripping biography of a remarkable man, Maurilio E. Vigil and Helene Boudreau fill the gap within the scholarship on Hispanics in nineteenth-century New Mexico.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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Astonishing Light

Conversations I Never Had with Patrociño Barela

University of New Mexico Press

E. A. Mares never crossed paths with the great New Mexico sculptor, but the conversations he imagines with the gifted Taos artist attempt to capture the genius, the isolation, and the tragedy of Patrociño Barela while revealing the ability of the human spirit to triumph over adversity.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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The Believer

Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack

University of New Mexico Press, High Road Books

The Believer reveals the life and work of a man who explored the deepest of scientific conundrums and further leads us to the hidden dimensions and alternate realities that captivated Mack until the end of his life.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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