University Of New Mexico Press: 489 books
A Woman in Both Houses
My Career in New Mexico Politics
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2012
The first woman to serve in both houses of the New Mexico legislature, Pauline Eisenstadt has witnessed many exciting moments in the state’s political history and made much of that history herself. Her memoir takes readers to the floors of the House and Senate, offering an insider’s view of how...
by Nandini Pillai Kuehn
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
In this E-short edition from New Mexico 2050, health and health care specialist Nandini Pillai Kuehn examines the complex subject of health in New Mexico. She describes the issues involved in health outcomes for the state—including race and ethnicity, socioeconomic factors, and insurance—and how...
by V. B. Price
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
V. B. Price is an authority and an advocate in the field of New Mexican cultural affairs and the arts. In this E-short edition from New Mexico 2050, he focuses on how much the “creative workers,” those working in the arts and culture, are an essential part of what makes New Mexico New Mexico—what...
Defying the Inquisition in Colonial New Mexico
Miguel de Quintana's Life and Writings
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Miguel de Quintana was among those arriving in New Mexico with Diego de Vargas in 1694. He was active in his village of Santa Cruz de la Cañada where he was a notary and secretary to the alcalde mayor, functioning as a quasi-attorney. Being unusually literate, he also wrote personal poetry for himself...
Roadside New Mexico
A Guide to Historic Markers, Revised and Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Through New Mexico’s Official Scenic Historic Markers we learn about the people, the geological features, and the historical events that have made the Land of Enchantment a place unlike any other. An index to our history, these markers tell an incredible story about our cultures and origins. This...
Everyday Life and Politics in Nineteenth Century Mexico
Men, Women, and War
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2000
In this new and masterful synthesis, Wasserman shows the link between ordinary men and women-preoccupied with the demands of feeding, clothing, and providing shelter-and the elites' desire for a stable political order and an expanding economy. The three key figures of nineteenth-century Mexico-Antonio...
Best Plants for New Mexico Gardens and Landscapes
Keyed to Cities and Regions in New Mexico and Adjacent Areas. Revised and Expanded Edition.
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
First published in 1995, this invaluable guide to the trees, shrubs, ground covers, and smaller plants that thrive in New Mexico’s many life zones and growing areas is now available in a long-awaited new edition. Landscape architect Baker H. Morrow considers the significant factors that impact planting...
Coyota in the Kitchen
A Memoir of New and Old Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
This book of stories and recipes introduces two eccentric families that would never have eaten together, let alone exchanged recipes, but for the improbable marriage of the author’s parents: a nuevomexicano from Taos and a painter who came from Texas to New Mexico to study art. Recalling the good...
Sing My Whole Life Long
Jenny Vincent's Life in Folk Music and Activism
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Born in Minnesota and raised in Chicago, Jenny Vincent was educated at a progressive private school and Vassar College. Introduced to international folk music at an early age, she remains a performer and champion of this "music of the people."In 1936, Jenny and her first husband visited northern...
by Aaron Sussman
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
As professional transportation planner Aaron Sussman notes, “Where we live, how we live, and how we travel are deeply intertwined.” This E-short edition from New Mexico 2050 concentrates on developments in transportation and the factors that will continue to shape the state’s future, from population and housing to travel patterns and funding.
by Paula Moore
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2008
Ovida "Cricket" Coogler was last seen alive entering a mysterious car driven by an unknown man in downtown Las Cruces, New Mexico, around 3:00 on the morning of March 31, 1949. Seventeen days later, her body was found in a hastily dug grave near Mesquite, New Mexico. The discovery of the...
New Mexico Cuisine
Recipes from the Land of Enchantment
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Winner of the 2010 New Mexico Book Award for Best CookbookSince he first traveled to New Mexico in the 1960s, Clyde Casey has been in love with New Mexican cuisine and has explored its evolution from Puebloan roots, to influences brought by the Spanish in the early 1500s, to what is today a unique...
by Michael L. Trujillo
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
New Mexico's Española Valley is situated in the northern part of the state between the fabled Sangre de Cristo and Jemez Mountains. Many of the Valley’s communities have roots in the Spanish and Mexican periods of colonization, while the Native American Pueblos of Ohkay Owingeh and Santa Clara...
Malintzin's Choices
An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
Malintzin was the indigenous woman who translated for Hernando Cortés in his dealings with the Aztec emperor Moctezuma in the days of 1519 to 1521. "Malintzin," at least, was what the Indians called her. The Spanish called her doña Marina, and she has become known to posterity as La Malinche. As...