NEW FROM UNM PRESS

INTIMATE MEMORIES:

The Autobiography of

Mabel Dodge Luhan

by Mabel Dodge Luhan

Edited by Lois Palken Rudnick

At last edited into one volume, the story of one of twentieth-century America's most flamboyant women, from her youth in upper-class Buffalo to her "discovery" of New Mexico. Read on...

FOUR SQUARE LEAGUES:

Pueblo Indian Land in New Mexico

by Malcolm Ebright, Rick Hendricks, & Richard W. Hughes

This long-awaited book is the most detailed and up-to-date account of the complex history of Pueblo Indian land in New Mexico, beginning in the late seventeenth century and continuing to the present day. Read on...

MAYA PILGRIMAGE TO RITUAL LANDSCAPES:

Insights from Archaeology, History, and Ethnography

by Joel W. Palka

Through cross-cultural comparisons, archaeological data, and ethnographic insights, Joel W. Palka addresses central questions about Maya pilgrimage practice and discusses the broad importance of Maya ritual landscapes and pilgrimage for Mesoamerica as a whole. Read on...

Mayan Tales from Chiapas, Mexico

by Robert M. Laughlin

with Contributions by Francisca Hernández Hernández

Presented here in English, Tzotzil, and Spanish are forty-two stories told to Robert Laughlin in Tzotzil by the only speaker of Tzotzil left in the village of San Felipe Ecatepec in Chiapas, Mexico. The stories range from mythological sacred stories to historical accounts of life in the twentieth century. Read on...

A PREHISTORY OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA:

The Impact of Uto-Aztecan Languages

by David Leedom Shaul

This book offers a new approach to the use of linguistic data to reconstruct prehistory. The author shows how a well-studied language family--- in this case Uto-Aztecan--- can be used as an instrument for reconstructing prehistory. Read on...

JESUIT STUDENT GROUPS, THE UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA, AND POLITICAL RESISTANCE IN MEXICO, 1913--1979

by David Espinosa

This book focuses on the twentieth-century efforts of the Roman Catholic Church to influence Mexican society through Jesuit-led student organizations designed to promote conservative Catholic values. The author shows that they left a very different imprint on Mexican society, training a generation of activists.

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PUBLICITY POSTS

Fall 2014 Catalog

Have you seen the new UNM Press Fall 2014 catalog yet? Get a sneak peak of our forthcoming titles at unmpress.com!

EDMUND G. ROSS:

Soldier, Senator, Abolitionist

by Richard A. Ruddy

Congratulations to UNM Press author Richard A. Ruddy, whose book Edmund G. Ross won the 2014 Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá Award from the Historical Society of New Mexico!

A WOMAN IN BOTH HOUSES: My Career in New Mexico Politics

by Pauline Eisenstadt

Former NM state representative Pauline Eisenstadt discusses her experience as the first woman to serve in both houses of the New Mexico legislature. Check out the interview in The Rotarian Magazine!