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New in Southwest February 2012

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Southwestern History, Natural History, and Culture


285 Broken Dreams: Photographing Southeast New Mexico to Texas, by Chris Enos; with an essay by Elvis E. Fleming.

*An Archaeology of Desperation: Exploring the Donner Party’s Alder Creek Camp, edited by Kelly J. Dixon, Julie M Schablitsky, and Shannon A.Novak.

*Beside the Golden Door: U.S. Immigration Reform in a New Era of Globalization, Pia M. Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny.

*Beyond Borders: A History of Mexican Migration to the United States, Timothy J. Henderson.

*The Colorado River: Flowing Through Conflict, photography by Peter McBride; text by     Jonathan Waterman.

*Consuming Mexican Labor: From the Bracero Program to NAFTA, Ronald L. Mize &
Alicia C.S. Swords

Dark Beauty: Photographs of New Mexico, by Jack Parsons.

*Double Take: Tourism & Photography Endeavors Among the Northern Pueblos of the Rio Grande [Ph.D. Thesis], Matthew J. Martinez.

The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607-1890: A Political, Social, and Military History (3 vols.), Spencer C. Tucker, editor.

The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713-1763, Paul W. Mapp.

*Federal Fathers & Mothers: A Social History of the United States Indian Service, 1869-1933, Cathleen D. Cahill.

*Final Report of Investigations Among the Indians of the Southwestern Unites State, Carried On Mainly in the Years from 1880 to 1885, Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier.

*Galisteo Watershed Conservation Initiative: Quality of Life at a Crossroads, by Earth Works Institute & Santa Fe Conservation Trust, in Partnership with Earth Analytic, Inc. [circulating copy is CD-ROM]

*Geronimo: The True Story of America’s Most Ferocious Warrior, by Geronimo, as taken down and edited by S. M. Barrett.

Global Warming Gridlock: Creating More Effective Strategies for Protecting the Planet,
David G. Victor.


*A Guide to Plants of the Northern Chihuahuan Desert, Carolyn Dodson; drawings by        Robert DeWitt Ivey.


*How to Grow Native Plants of Texas and the Southwest [rev. & updated ed.], by Jill Nokes; illustrations by Kathryn Miller Brown.
 

*The Impact of Global Warming on Texas [2nd ed.], edited by Jurgen Schmandt, Gerald R. North, and Judith Clarkson.


Indian Tribal Leaders Directory, John D. Corrigan and Amy M. Volmer, editors.
 

Information Technologies and Indigenous People, Laurel Evelyn Dyson, Max Hendriks & Stephen Grant.
 

The Journey of Coronado, Pedro de Castañeda, et al.; translated and edited by George Parker Winship.


Know Your Neighbor: 36 Interviews with 36 Ordinary/Extraordinary People Who Live In and Around Santa Fe, David Pascale.
 

Light in the Desert: Photographs from the Monastery of Christ in the Desert, by Tony O’Brien, with an essay by Christopher Merrill.
 

Line in the Sand: A History of the Western U.S.-Mexico Border, Rachel St. John.


Madre: Perilous Journeys with a Spanish Noun, Liza Bakewell.
 

Mammals of Colorado [2nd ed.], David M. Armstrong, James P. Fitzgerald, and Carron A. Meaney.
 

The Mining Law of 1872: Past, Politics, and Prospects, Gordon Morris Bakken.
 

*Naturalizing Mexican Immigrants: A Texas History, Martha Menchaca.


Off the Map: An Expedition Deep into Imperialism, the Global Economy, and Other Earthly Whereabouts, Chellis Glendinning.
 

*Operation Gatekeeper and Beyond: The War on “Illegals” and the Remaking of the U.S.-Mexico Boundary, Joseph Nevins.
 

A Place to Remember: Using History to Build Community, by Robert R. Archibald.
 

Politics, Identity, and Mexico’s Indigenous Rights Movements, Todd A. Eisenstadt.
 

*Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and Literature, edited by Qwo-Li Driskill et al.
 

*Rapid Climate Change: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions, Scott G. McNall.
 

Redefining American Identity: From Cabeza de Vaca to Barack Obama, Ben Railton.
 

The River and the Railroad: An Archaeological History of Reno, Mary Ringhoff and Edward J. Stoner.
 

*Sea-Level Change in the Gulf of Mexico, Richard A. Davis, Jr.
 

*Searching for Beauty: The Life of Millicent Rogers, Cherie Burns.
 

*Steps of Courage: My Parents’ Journey from Nazi Germany to America, Bettina Hoerlin.
 

*Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire, Robert Perkinson.
 

*Treasure of the Sangre de Cristos: Tales and Traditions of the Spanish Southwest, Arthur L. Campa.
 

Triassic Hall: Building the Triassic Exhibit from the Ground Up, text and photographs by    Jaenet Guggenheim and Spencer G. Lucas.
 

*Turmoil on the Rio Grande: The Territorial History of the Mesilla Valley, 1846-1865, William S. Kiser.
 

*The War for Mexico’s West: Indians and Spaniards in New Galicia, 1524-1550, Ida Altman.
 

White Enough to Be American? Race Mixing, Indigenous People, and the Boundaries of State and Nation, Lauren L. Basson.
 

A Wild West History of Frontier Colorado: Pioneers, Gunslingers & Cattle Kings of the Eastern Plains, Jolie Anderson Gallagher.
 

With a Doll in One Pocket and a Pistol in the Other: Rebecca Cohen Mayer, 1837-1930: A Memoir, Kay Goldman.
 

*A Woman in Both Houses: My Career in New Mexico Politics, Pauline Eisenstadt.
 

*Working the Railroad, Walking in Beauty: Navajos, Hózhó, and Track Work, Jay Youngdahl.
 

Working the Line, David Taylor.

 

Southwestern Fiction, Literature, and Literary Criticism


*Assumption: A Novel, Percival Everett.


Bridging: How Gloria Anzaldúa’s Life and Work Transformed Our Own, edited by Analouise Keating and Gloria González-López.
 

A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West, edited by Nicolas S. Witschi.
 

Confronting our Canons: Spanish and Latin American Studies in the 21st Century, Joan L. Brown.
 

Gerald Vizenor: Texts and Contexts, edited by Deborah L. Madsen and A. Robert Lee.
 

*Grandpa Lolo’s Navajo Saddle Blanket = La Tilma de Abuelito Lolo, Nasario García; photographs by Richard Moeller.
 

*In Search of Snow, Luis Alberto Urrea.
 

Midnight at the Camposanto: A Taos Festival Mystery, Mari Ulmer.


*Putrefaction Live, Warren Perkins.
 

*Rode, Thomas Fox Averill.


*A Route 66 Companion, edited by David King Dunaway.
 

Santa Fe Dead, Stuart Woods.
 

*Secrets of the Tsil Café, Thomas Fox Averill.
 

*Soul Talk, Song Language: Conversations With Joy Harjo, Joy Harjo and Tanaya Winder.
 

*Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927, Nina Baym.
 

*The Writings of Eusebio Chacón, reintroduced, translated, and edited by A. Gabriel Meléndez and Francisco A. Lomelí.

 

Videos

*American West (Scenic Wonders of America) [VHS], Reader’s Digest.