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      Legendary Locals of Albuquerque New Mexico

      Richard Melzer

      Spanish settlers founded Albuquerque in 1706, making it the third of only four villas (towns) in colonial New Mexico. Located in the Rio Abajo along a wide turn on the…

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      Fred Harvey Houses of the Southwest

      Richard Melzer

      The Fred Harvey name will forever be associated with the high-quality restaurants, hotels, and resorts situated along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway in the American Southwest. The Fred…

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      Breakdown

      Richard Melzer

      The enormous effort-called the Manhattan Project-that produced the world's first atomic bomb was supposed to be the best kept secret of World War II. And the Project's Los Alamos, New…

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      Fred Harvey Houses of the Southwest

      Richard Melzer

      The Fred Harvey name will forever be associated with the high-quality restaurants, hotels, and resorts situated along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway in the American Southwest. The Fred…

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      Ernie Pyle in the American Southwest

      Richard Melzer

      Richard Melzer does for Ernie Pyle what Ernie Pyle did for thousands of average G.I.s overseas: he describes Pyle’s joys and struggles from Ernie’s perspective, in candid, straightforward terms. The…

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      Breakdown

      Richard Melzer

      The enormous effort-called the Manhattan Project-that produced the world’s first atomic bomb was supposed to be the best kept secret of World War II. And the Project’s Los Alamos, New…

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      When We Were Young in the West: True Histories of Childhood

      Richard Melzer

      Historians have considered the contributions of many groups in the making of the modern American Southwest. But few writers have considered the unique role of children. Melzer has taken a…

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      Don Perkins

      Richard Melzer

      Don Perkins was one of the most honoured athletes at the University of New Mexico and the Dallas Cowboys. But Perkins's life was far more complex and, at times, controversial…

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      Buried Treasures

      Richard Melzer

      Melzer offers an impressive new book about famous New Mexico gravesites, usually the only monuments left to honor the human treasures who helped shape state, national, and often international history.

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      Ernie Pyle in the American Southwest

      Richard Melzer

      Ernie Pyle ranks with Richard Harding Davis, John Reed and Edward R. Murrow as one of the greatest war correspondents in American history. But he was different from all the…

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      New Mexico: A Celebration of the Land of Enchantment

      Richard Melzer

      In celebration of New Mexico’s statehood centenial, Richard Melzer focuses on the various social and political elements that have made the Land of Enchantment what it is today. Filled with…

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      New Mexico in World War II

      Richard Melzer,John Taylor

      In 1941, New Mexico was an agrarian state with just over half a million people, many of whom lived without electricity, running water, indoor plumbing, or paved roads. However, the…

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      Crosses of Iron

      Nick Pappas, Richard Melzer

      Tells the tragic story of what was once New Mexico's largest and most modern company town and of how the strong, determined residents of the community coped with two heartbreaking…

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      New Mexico in World War II

      Richard Melzer,John Taylor

      In 1941, New Mexico was an agrarian state with just over half a million people, many of whom lived without electricity, running water, indoor plumbing, or paved roads. However, the…

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      Catholics Along the Rio Grande

      John Taylor

      In 1540, Francisco Coronado led a band of soldiers, treasure-seekers, and Franciscan priests and friars into New Mexico, changing the lives of the Native Americans forever. In 1680, less than…

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      Sanatoriums of New Mexico

      Richard Melzer

      Tuberculosis, also known as consumption, the White Plague, or simply TB, was the number-one killer in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Many physicians of…

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      Sanatoriums of New Mexico

      Richard Melzer

      Tuberculosis, also known as consumption, the White Plague, or simply TB, was the number-one killer in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Many physicians of…

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      Pioneer Jewish Families in New Mexico

      Noel H Pugach,Richard A Melzer

      A New Mexico Jewish Historical Society Publication. The New Mexico Jewish Historical Society is a secular organization that promotes greater knowledge and understanding of the New Mexico’s diverse Jewish experiences…

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      A History of New Mexico Since Statehood

      Richard Melzer,Robert J. Torrez,Sandra K. Mathews

      In this thoughtful work, the authors delineate New Mexico’s role in the shaping of the United States by carefully analyzing how the rich histories of the many cultures of the…

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      USS New Mexico BB-40

      John Taylor,Richard Melzer,Dick Brown,Greg Trapp

      USS New Mexico (BB-40) was commissioned into the fleet near the end of World War I, and the battleship’s name was a great honor bestowed upon a state that was…

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      Catholics Along the Rio Grande

      Lecturer in Classics John Taylor (Education Walsall UK)

      In 1540, Francisco Coronado led a band of soldiers, treasure-seekers, and Franciscan priests and friars into New Mexico, changing the lives of the Native Americans forever. In 1680, less than…

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      Democracy and the Arts

      Arthur M. Melzer,etc.

      In this volume, cultural critics explore the relationships between culture and politics as played out in the world of novels, television, museums and even fashion. The contributors examine the arts…

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      The Supreme Court and the Idea of Constitutionalism

      In this volume distinguished constitutional scholars aim to move debate over the Supreme Court beyond the soundbites that divide us to fundamental questions about the nature of constitutionalism.

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      Politics at the Turn of the Century

      Arthur Melzer

      Melzer, Zinman and Weinberger have compiled essays from experts to examine the politics of the past to help plot the political future as we approach a new millennium.

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      The Public Intellectual: Between Philosophy and Politics

      The editors bring together a wide variety of noted scholars to discuss the characteristics, nature, and role of public thinkers. By looking at scholarly life in the West, this work…

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      Multiculturalism and American Democracy

      Jerry Weinberger,M. Richard Zinman

      Multiculturalism: is it a means of promoting self-esteem among marginalized groups, or is it a dangerous form of relativism? Offering viewpoints from a range of perspectives, this volume addresses the…

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