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.
Pueblo Peoples on the Pajarito Plateau
Archaeology and Efficiency
Stuart demonstrates how the descendants of the Chaco survivors who relocated to Bandlier and the Pajarito Plateau rebalanced their society to be more efficient and practical in order to survive.
- Copyright year: 2011
Irresistible Forces
Latin American Migration to the United States and its Effects on the South
This study examines the phenomenon of the impact of Latin American migration on the southeastern United States, a region that now has the nation's fastest growing immigrant population.
- Copyright year: 2011
Damned Notions of Liberty
Slavery, Culture, and Power in Colonial Mexico, 1640-1769
This study explores the lived experience of slavery from the perspective of slaves themselves to reveal how the enslaved may have conceptualized and contested their subordinated social positions in New Spain's middle colonial period (roughly 1630-1760s).
- Copyright year: 2011
Funerals, Festivals, and Cultural Politics in Porfirian Mexico
While most historians have argued that Díaz's reign owed its longevity to extralegal activities and personal appeals to loyalty, this study examines Díaz's successful manipulation of cults of the dead, hero cults, and national memory to shape the perception of his leadership.
- Copyright year: 2010
Giveaways
An ABC Book of Loanwords from the Americas
Linda Boyden shares an alphabet list of indigenous loanwords from North, South, and Central America that have found their way into common usage either nationally or regionally.
- Copyright year: 2010
Blood Desert
Witnesses, 1820-1880
In narrative poems that take us back to New Mexico during the nineteenth century, Renny Golden resurrects the spirits of native people and of those who came West.
- Copyright year: 2010
Beyond Wari Walls
Regional Perspectives on Middle Horizon Peru
Wari culture and its influence in Andean prehistory is investigated here from a variety of geographic locales.
- Copyright year: 2010
Nicaragua Before Now
Factory Work, Farming, and Fishing in a Low-wage Global Economy
Farrell weaves together interviews, photographs, and her own observations to illustrate the relationship between Nicaraguan laborers, international politics, and global markets.
- Copyright year: 2010
Tamarind Touchstones
Fabulous at Fifty: Creating Excellence in Fine Art Lithography
Showcasing the broad aesthetic capabilities of lithography, Tamarind Touchstones demonstrates the diversity of the artists who have embraced lithography and their increased facility and comfort with the medium.
- Copyright year: 2010
The Risen Horse
This story of the tribulations of early reservation life that led to the modern-day triumphs of the Mescalero people also offers a rare glimpse at the strengths of education at Carlisle, largely remembered for its flaws.
- Copyright year: 2010