New Mexico: An Interpretive History, Paperback - Marc Simmons

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Marc SimmonsFor all who love New Mexico, and for those who aspire to know the state, this book is a graceful and compelling...

Reducere. Kit Carson (1809-1868) has long held a prominent place in the popular imagination of the American West. However, little is known about his family l...

Charlie Siringo (1855-1928) lived the quintessential life of adventure on the American frontier as a cowboy, Pinkerton detective, writer, and later...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Olga Jimenez De WagenheimAuthor: Olga Jimenez De WagenheimBecause many of the documents and books about Puerto Rico have be...

DescriptionThis classic iconic study of black images in American motion pictures has been updated and revised, as Donald Bogle continues to enlight...

Originally published in 1992 and available now only from UNM Press, An Illustrated History of New Mexico combines more than two hundred photographs...

Reducere. Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes has revised and expanded the entire work, which is still the most comprehensive and balanced history of the region. This e...

Reducere. Following the Spanish conquest of Mexico in the early 1500s, Franciscan, Dominican, and Augustinian friars fanned out across the central and southe...

Reducere. Shane was made into an award-winning film that--like the novel--became a standard by which later westerns were judged. Readers who have already fel...

Reducere. A rich gathering of essays that evoke the unique and mysterious appeal that New Mexico has had for some of the twentieth century's best known write...

Reducere. Many non-New Mexicans envision New Mexico as one large desert, yet New Mexico is very much a mountain state, with more than one hundred named mount...

Reducere. Irrigation ditches are the lifelines of agriculture and daily life in rural New Mexico. This award-winning account of the authors experience as a m...

Reducere. This book chronicles the life and frontier career of Don Juan de Onate, the first colonizer of the old Spanish Borderlands. Born in Zacatecas, Mexi...

The role of Spain in the birth of the United States is a little known and little understood aspect of U.S. independence. Through actual fighting, p...

Reducere. Description"Occasionally a truly remarkable book appears-one that takes a topic in need of discussion, thoroughly researches it, and presents credi...

Reducere. There have been many histories of New Mexico written for the general public in recent years. However, New Mexico Past and Future approaches the sta...

Reducere. DescriptionPublished in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University. The Pueblo Revolt of ...

Reducere. 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 ...

Reducere. Women of the New Mexico Frontier, 1846-1912 is a collection of essays that include biographical sketches and writings from women of all walks of li...

Reducere. An experienced outdoors writer, naturalist, and family camper, Christina M. Selby offers families an in-depth guide to experiencing the natural spl...

Reducere. Malintzin was the indigenous woman who translated for Hernando Cort s in his dealings with the Aztec emperor Moctezuma in the days of 1519 to 1521....

Reducere. First published in 1985, William deBuys's Enchantment and Exploitation has become a New Mexico classic. It offers a complete account of the relatio...

Lieutenant James William Abert (1820-97) of the United States Army Topographical Engineers received orders in 1845 to explore the Canadian River re...

A close text commentary on Plato's Charmides, which has been regarded as difficult and enigmatic. Examines the philosophical and dramatic features ...

For over a decade the cult of La Santa Muerte has grown rapidly in Mexico and the United States. This book examines La Santa Muerte's role in peopl...

Reducere. To some, chile might be considered a condiment, but in New Mexico it takes center stage. Going back four centuries, native tribes, Spanish missiona...

Reducere. New Mexico's night sky generated speculation about alien visitation for centuries before the Roswell Incident of 1947. But the luminous spheres kno...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: David YetmanNow available in paperback, this informal account of the people, culture, land, and history of Sonora, Mexico, ...

Reducere. New Mexico Territory attracted outlaws and desperados as its remote locations guaranteed non-detection while providing opportunists the perfect set...

Reducere. Memories of Torreon, New Mexico is a collection of stories about the people of Torreon, New Mexico by the people of Torreon, edited by Judy Alderet...

Reducere. As early as 1851, photographers journeyed along the arduous Santa Fe Trail on horseback and in covered wagons on a quest to capture the magnificent...

Reducere. This useful guidebook surveys more than eighty ghost towns, grouped by geographic area. First published in 1981 and now available only from the Uni...

Reducere. New Mexico's Spanish legacy has informed the cultural traditions of one of the last states to join the union for more than four hundred years, or b...

Reducere. Frida Kahlo is probably the most idolized artist of her time. At the root of the scholarly speculation and pop-culture paraphernalia lies Frida Kah...

Reducere. New Mexico's harsh terrain, countless wars and epidemics were a challenging and fascinating environment for the many cultures and peoples who settl...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this first history of the Jews in New Mexico--from the colonial period to the present day--the author continuously ties the Jewish ex...

Reducere. This comprehensive narrative traces the history of the Navajos from their origins to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Based on extensive ...

Reducere. The Cherokee Nation is one of the largest and most important of all the American Indian tribes. The first history of the Cherokees to appear in ove...

Reducere. DescriptionTrue to its nickname, New Mexico enchants some souls so much they never leave. The Express St. James of Cimarron plays host to the canta...

Famous for its majestic ruins, Mexico has gone to great lengths to preserve and display the remains of its pre-Hispanic past. The Pursuit of Ruins ...

Reducere. Life in early New Mexico was often perilous. Geographic isolation attracted outlaws and ruffians, and skirmishes often arose between the indigenous...

Reducere. These episodes are non-fiction accounts relating to New Mexico from the earliest visit by a priest, Fray Marcos de Niza, sent by the Viceroy of New...

By tracing the careers of Rio's pioneering black musicians from the late nineteenth century until the 1970s, Marc A. Hertzman revises the histories...

Reducere. Designed to help birders and banders identify, age, and sex all seventeen species of hummingbirds found in North America, this is the only identifi...

Reducere. Before Spanish rule, the land now known as New Mexico was inhabited by many indigenous tribes and pueblos with their own religious beliefs. When co...

Reducere. Albuquerque Remembered is an informative and entertaining history of "The Duke City." Under the flags of Spain, Mexico, the United States, and for ...

Reducere. Alice Bullock says, "We can't go back." Thomas Wolfe said it and has been quoted ever since. Yet it bears repetition, especially today and in refer...

Reducere. The story of the colonization of Northern New Mexico and one of its leading "parajes" (El Camino Real campsite) will fascinate anyone interested in...