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.
Survival Along the Continental Divide
An Anthology of Interviews
Loeffler has recorded interviews with representatives of the diverse cultures of New Mexico, revealing the cultural mosaic of the people along the Continental Divide.
- Copyright year: 2008
Jews in New Mexico Since World War II
Tobias explores the cultural and political influence of the New Mexico Jewish community since the Second World War.
- Copyright year: 2008
Digging for Dollars
American Archaeology and the New Deal
Fagette's book is a thorough, compelling history of American archaeology in its most critical decade, the 1930s.
- Copyright year: 2008
A Peaceful and Working People
Manners, Morals, and Class Formation in Northern Mexico
The author examines class formation and social and labor issues in this study of the Hidalgo mining district in northern Mexico from the 1890s to the 1920s.
- Copyright year: 2008
A Bigger Boat
The Unlikely Success of the Albuquerque Poetry Slam Scene
Exciting words by talented poets who have made Albuquerque's poetry slams so successful.
- Copyright year: 2008
Zia Summer
Sonny Baca investigates the brutal murder of his cousin, whose husband is a candidate for mayor of Albuquerque.
- Copyright year: 2008
Swept Under the Rug
A Hidden History of Navajo Weaving
Debunks the romanticist stereotyping of Navajo weavers and Reservation traders and situates weavers within the economic history of the southwest.
- Copyright year: 2008
In the Shadow of Los Alamos
Selected Writings of Edith Warner
To read this book is to hear her own quiet voice, describing pueblo ceremonials, detailing the difficulties of life during the war years, and above all recording her own spiritual relationship with the New Mexico landscape.
- Copyright year: 2008
Hispanic Folk Songs of New Mexico
With Selected Songs Collected, Transcribed, and Arranged for Voice with Piano or Guitar Accompaniment
Folk music fans and teachers will welcome this new edition of a New Mexico classic, now in a useful spiral binding.
- Copyright year: 2008
Buffalo Bill on Stage
Stunning photographs document "Buffalo Bill" Cody's early years as he led a troupe of traveling actors performing in frontier melodramas across the country.
- Copyright year: 2008