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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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Tracking the Chupacabra

The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore

University of New Mexico Press

Combining five years of careful investigation (including information from eyewitness accounts, field research, and forensic analysis) with a close study of the creature's cultural and folkloric significance, Radford's book is the first to fully explore and try to solve the decades-old mystery of the chupacabra.

  • Copyright year: 2011
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The Sacred Oral Tradition of the Havasupai

As Retold by Elders and Headmen Manakaja and Sinyella 1918-1921

University of New Mexico Press

This collection of forty-eight stories is one of the earliest, most complete translations of an entire Native American oral tradition.

  • Copyright year: 2011
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The Lipan Apaches

People of Wind and Lightning

University of New Mexico Press

This study of one of the least known Apache tribes utilizes archival materials to reconstruct Lipan history through numerous threats to their society.

  • Copyright year: 2011
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The Daring Flight of My Pen

Cultural Politics and Gaspar Perez de Villagra's Historia de la Nueva Mexico, 1610

University of New Mexico Press

In this engaging study Genaro Padilla enters into Villagrá's epic poem of the Oñate expedition to reveal that the soldier was no mere chronicler but that his writing offers a subtle critique of the empire whose expansion he seems to be celebrating.

  • Copyright year: 2011
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Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral

University of New Mexico Press

The breadth and depth of Nobel laureate Gabriela Mistral's poetry is passionately translated to English by Le Guin in this landmark bilingual edition.

  • Copyright year: 2011
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La Sociedad

Guardians of Hispanic Culture Along the Rio Grande

University of New Mexico Press

Rivera's study explores the core values that have bonded SPMDTU members across generations and have sustained the organization for more than a century and addresses the question of whether or not La Sociedad will survive in the twenty-first century.

  • Copyright year: 2011
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The Blackfoot Confederacy 1880-1920

A Comparative Study of Canadian and U.S. Indian Policy

University of New Mexico Press

This extensive, detailed history of Indian life on American reservations and Canadian reserves will be of interest to all who have a serious interest in Anglo-American and Indian affairs.

  • Copyright year: 2011
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Cell Phone Science

What Happens When You Call and Why

University of New Mexico Press

Authors Michele Sequeira and Michael Westphal help young people explore this now-commonplace, socially important gadget that connects today's youth with their friends.

  • Copyright year: 2011
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Iberia Before the Iberians

University of New Mexico Press

Iberia before the Iberians is the first book since 1924 (in any language) to present a complete synthesis of Cantabrian prehistory.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Roadcut

The Architecture of Antoine Predock

University of New Mexico Press

Architectural historian Christopher Mead traces Antoine Predock's development over forty years from early work in Albuquerque to twenty-first-century projects like Winnipeg's Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

  • Copyright year: 2011
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