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.
The Fly-Fishing Predator
Raymond Shewnack invites fishermen to hone their hunting skills, sharpen their senses, and become predators in the trout stream.
- Copyright year: 2009
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
Color diagrams and graphics of the history of geologic formations, including the Rio Grande rift, provide background for understanding the area, and a detailed, durable topographic map provides information about trails and features for the day hiker.
- Copyright year: 2009
Hard Time at Tehachapi
California's First Women's Prison
The brief history of this controversial and experimental women's prison posed questions about crime and rehabilitation that remain unresolved today.
- Copyright year: 2009
Fire
The Spark That Ignited Human Evolution
Fire and light, and their impacts on our earliest human ancestor, are the subjects of this innovative study of the development of the species.
- Copyright year: 2009
Weighty Words, Too
Young readers will build their vocabularies with this new, amusing collection of weighty words.
- Copyright year: 2009
The Weighty Word Book
"Each of these twenty-six short stories takes an elaborate, circuitous path that leads to a 'weighty' one-word punch line."--School Library Journal
- Copyright year: 2009
Developing Zapatista Autonomy
Conflict and NGO Involvement in Rebel Chiapas
Based on his own experience and further research in Chiapas, Barmeyer provides an in-depth analysis of the advances and limitations of the Zapatista autonomy project over the past fourteen years.
- Copyright year: 2009
Simon J. Ortiz
A Poetic Legacy of Indigenous Continuance
This volume reveals the insights and aesthetics of Ortiz's indigenous lens.
- Copyright year: 2009
Paddy on the Hardwood
A Journey in Irish Hoops
A burned out basketball coach takes a job in Ireland and is surprised by what he finds.
- Copyright year: 2006
Land of a Thousand Dances
Chicano Rock 'n' Roll from Southern California
Reyes and Waldman tell the stories of Chicano rock music in Southern California and the musicians who continue to make pop music with a Latin beat.
- Copyright year: 2009