Founded in 1945, the University Press of Florida is the official publisher of the State University System of Florida. UPF has published over 2,500 books since its inception and currently releases approximately 80 new titles each year. Its publishing strengths include archaeology, history, literature, Latin American studies, African American studies, space studies, sustainability, and Florida history and culture. UPF engages educators, students, and discerning readers by producing works of global significance, regional importance, and lasting value.
University Press of Florida also includes the imprint, University of Florida Press.
Seeking the American Tropics
South Florida's Early Naturalists
For centuries, the southernmost region of the Florida peninsula was seen by outsiders as wild and inaccessible, one of the last frontiers in the quest to understand and reveal the natural history of the continent. This book tells the stories of the explorers and adventurers who—for better and for worse—helped open the unique environment of South Florida to the world.
- Copyright year: 2020
A Revolution in Movement
Dancers, Painters, and the Image of Modern Mexico
- Copyright year: 2020
The Real Business of Ancient Maya Economies
From Farmers’ Fields to Rulers’ Realms
A timely synthesis of the latest research and perspectives on ancient Maya economics, this volume illuminates the sophistication and intricacy of economic systems in the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
- Copyright year: 2020
The Extraordinary Life of Jane Wood Reno
Miami's Trailblazing Journalist
Journalist, activist, and adventurer, Jane Wood Reno was one of the most groundbreaking and colorful American women of the twentieth century. Told by her grandson, George Hurchalla, this is an intimate biography of a free thinker who shattered barriers during the explosive early years of Miami.
- Copyright year: 2020
The Archaeology of the Logging Industry
In this book, John Franzen surveys archaeological studies of logging sites across the nation from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, explaining how material evidence found at these locations illustrates key aspects of the American experience during this era.
- Copyright year: 2020
Star Crossed
The Story of Astronaut Lisa Nowak
This book is a behind-the-scenes look at the bizarre crime of astronaut Lisa Nowak, who drove 900 miles to intercept and confront her romantic rival in an airport parking lot—allegedly using diapers on the trip so she wouldn’t have to stop. This is a riveting journey inside the high-pressure world of one of America’s most elite agencies and the life of one beleaguered astronaut.
- Copyright year: 2020
Repatriation and Erasing the Past
Engaging a longstanding controversy important to archaeologists and indigenous communities, this volume takes a critical look at laws that mandate the return of human remains from museums and laboratories to ancestral burial grounds, offering scientific and legal perspectives on the ways repatriation laws impact research.
- Copyright year: 2020
Disposing of Modernity
The Archaeology of Garbage and Consumerism during Chicago's 1893 World's Fair
Through archaeological and archival research from sites associated with the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, this book explores the changing world of urban America at the turn of the twentieth century.
- Copyright year: 2020
An Old French Trilogy
Texts from the William of Orange Cycle
This volume offers a broad and rich view of the tradition of Old French epic poetry, or chansons de geste, by providing an updated English translation of three central poems from the twelfth-century Guillaume d’Orange cycle.
An Introduction to the Sagas of Icelanders
Combining an accessible approach with innovative scholarship, Carl Phelpstead draws on historical context, contemporary theory, and close reading to deepen our understanding of Icelandic saga narratives about the island’s early history.
Robert J. Walker
The History and Archaeology of a U.S. Coast Survey Steamship
- Copyright year: 2020
Archaeological Interpretations
Symbolic Meaning within Andes Prehistory
- Copyright year: 2020