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.
Tracking the Chupacabra
The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore
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
The Sacred Oral Tradition of the Havasupai
As Retold by Elders and Headmen Manakaja and Sinyella 1918-1921
This collection of forty-eight stories is one of the earliest, most complete translations of an entire Native American oral tradition.
- Copyright year: 2011
The Lipan Apaches
People of Wind and Lightning
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
The Daring Flight of My Pen
Cultural Politics and Gaspar Perez de Villagra's Historia de la Nueva Mexico, 1610
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
Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral
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
La Sociedad
Guardians of Hispanic Culture Along the Rio Grande
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
The Blackfoot Confederacy 1880-1920
A Comparative Study of Canadian and U.S. Indian Policy
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
Cell Phone Science
What Happens When You Call and Why
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
Iberia Before the Iberians
Iberia before the Iberians is the first book since 1924 (in any language) to present a complete synthesis of Cantabrian prehistory.
- Copyright year: 2010
Roadcut
The Architecture of Antoine Predock
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