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Music Everywhere

The Rock and Roll Roots of a Southern Town

University Press of Florida

Many American college towns have their own story to tell when it comes to their rock and roll roots, but the story of Gainesville, Florida, is unique: dozens of resident musicians launched into national prominence, eight inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and a steady stream of major acts rolled through on a regular basis. From Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to Stephen Stills and the Eagles’ Don Felder and Bernie Leadon, Gainesville cultivated some of the most celebrated musicians and songwriters of the time.

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Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings

University Press of Florida

The contributors offer new insights into the Maya "collapse," evaluating the trope of the scapegoat king and the demise of the traditional institution of kingship in the early ninth century AD—a time of intense environmental, economic, social, political, and even ideological change.

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Exiles

A Critical Edition

University Press of Florida
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Creole City

A Chronicle of Early American New Orleans

University Press of Florida
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La Florida

Five Hundred Years of Hispanic Presence

University Press of Florida
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The Archaeology of Ancestors

Death, Memory, and Veneration

University Press of Florida
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Jefferson's Poplar Forest

Unearthing a Virginia Plantation

University Press of Florida
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E. G. Barnhill

Florida Photographer, Adventurer, Entrepreneur

University Press of Florida
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Beneath the Ivory Tower

The Archaeology of Academia

University Press of Florida
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Revolutionary Cuba

A History

University Press of Florida
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Black Power in Dixie

A Political History of African Americans in Atlanta

University Press of Florida
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A Pioneer Son at Sea

Fishing Tales of Old Florida

University Press of Florida
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Skyway

The True Story of Tampa Bay's Signature Bridge and the Man Who Brought It Down

University Press of Florida
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Origins of the Dream

Hughes's Poetry and King's Rhetoric

University Press of Florida
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Indian River Lagoon

An Environmental History

University Press of Florida
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