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.
Indigenizing Archaeology
Putting Theory into Practice
This book highlights early-career Indigenous scholars conducting research in North America who are advancing the growing paradigm of archaeological study done with, by, and for members of Native-descendant communities.
El Perú-Waka’
New Archaeological Perspectives on the Kingdom of the Centipede
Presenting the most current research on the Maya rainforest city El Perú-Waka’, this volume discusses occupation at the site spanning from 300 BC to 1000 CE and offers researchers an unmatched view of ancient life in a tropical urban environment.
- Copyright year: 2024
Pilobolus
A Story of Dance and Life
This is the first history of the innovative, beloved, and critically acclaimed dance theater company Pilobolus, with revelatory behind-the-scenes details of its creators and significant works.
- Copyright year: 2024
The Florida Vegetarian Cookbook
With delicious recipes that showcase Florida’s bounty of fruits, vegetables, herbs, and grains, this book celebrates the seasonal harvests of the Sunshine State.
- Copyright year: 2024
The Enduring Seminoles
From Alligator Wrestling to Casino Gaming
Cattle in the Postcolumbian Americas
A Zooarchaeological Historical Study
In this book, Nicolas Delsol compares zooarchaeological and material evidence from sites across Mesoamerica and the Caribbean to show how the introduction of cattle, beginning with imports by Spanish colonizers in the 1500s, shaped colonial American society.
- Copyright year: 2024
Trash and Limits in Latin American Culture
This book looks at the role of waste in Latin American cultural texts from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Micah McKay considers how writers and filmmakers engage with the theme and argues that garbage illuminates key limits related to the region’s experience with contemporary capitalism.
- Copyright year: 2024
Dream State
Eight Generations of Swamp Lawyers, Conquistadors, Confederate Daughters, Banana Republicans, and Other Florida Wildlife
Part family memoir, part political commentary, part apologia, Dream State tells the grand and sometimes crazy story of Florida through the eyes of author and journalist Diane Roberts.
Tracing Florida Journeys
Explorers, Travelers, and Landscapes Then and Now
In this book, Leslie Poole delves into the stories of explorers and travelers who came to Florida during the past five centuries, looking at their words and the paths they took from the perspective of today.
- Copyright year: 2024
The Archaeology of Contemporary America
This book provides a survey of contemporary archaeology in the United States, demonstrating the plurality of theoretical and methodological approaches that make this discipline in the US unique.
- Copyright year: 2024
Sunshine State Mafia
A History of Florida’s Mobsters, Hit Men, and Wise Guys
A wild ride through a century of Mafia lore, this book offers inside accounts and little-known stories of organized crime across Florida, from the Keys to Pensacola and Jacksonville.
- Copyright year: 2024
Hopewell Settlement Patterns, Subsistence, and Symbolic Landscapes
This volume address important questions about the ancient societies of the Middle Ohio Valley by examining the cultural and social nature of the Ohio Hopewell monumental earthworks.