Books published by University of New Mexico Press

Connecting the political changes of the Bourbon Reforms (1759-1788) and constitutional monarchy (1808-1821) to those of the independence era (1821-1839), this book shows the nation-state formation to be a city-driven process that transformed colonial provinces into enduring states with basic governments and articulated national identities.

Examines Indian life in the twenty-one missions Franciscans established in Alta California. In describing how the missions functioned between 1769 and 1848, the authors draw on previously unused sources to analyse change and continuity in Indian material culture and religious practices.

Elena Poniatowska is recognised today as one of Mexico's greatest writers. Lilus Kikus, published in 1954, was her first book. However, it has not received the critical attention or a translation into English it deserved, until now. Accompanying Lilus Kikus in this first American edition are four of Poniatowska's short stories with female protagonists.