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.
James Hudson
Forgotten Forerunner in the Crusade for Civil Rights
This book tells the story of James Hudson, a Black philosopher, Florida A&M University professor, activist, and religious leader whose philosophical contributions laid a key piece of the groundwork for the emergence of the civil rights movement.
- Copyright year: 2024
Motion Picture Paradise
A History of Florida's Film and Television Industry
This book is a sweeping story of filmmaking in Florida, chronicling the state’s importance to producers throughout 125 years by looking at the many iconic films and television shows made across the peninsula.
- Copyright year: 2024
The Calusa and Their Legacy
South Florida People and Their Environments
Rich with photographs and colorful drawings, this history of south Florida’s Calusa people presents a vivid picture of the natural environment and teeming estuaries along Florida’s coasts that sustained the Calusa.
Mesoamerican Osteobiographies
Revealing the Lives and Deaths of Ancient Individuals
Drawing from a variety of sites throughout Mesoamerica, this volume presents a collection of osteobiographies, which analyze skeletons and their surroundings alongside historical, archaeological, ethnographic, and other contextual data to better understand the life experiences of individuals.
- Copyright year: 2024
Chronicling Amazon Town
Eight Decades of Research and Engagement in Gurupá, Brazil
This book brings together the work of researchers from a variety of fields to provide a comprehensive synthesis of local and regional studies in the town of Gurupá in Brazil, ranging from archaeological findings to ethnohistory and sociocultural anthropology.
- Copyright year: 2024
Tropical Time Machines
Science Fiction in the Contemporary Hispanic Caribbean
Exploring works of science fiction originating from Spanish-speaking parts of the Caribbean and their diasporas, this book shows how writers, filmmakers, musicians, and artists are using the language of the genre to comment on the region’s history and present-day realities.
- Copyright year: 2024
Mississippian Women
This volume highlights the vital role women played within the diverse societies of the Mississippian world, which spanned the present-day United States South to the Midwest before the seventeenth century.
- Copyright year: 2024
Florida Trail Hikes
Top Scenic Destinations on Florida's National Scenic Trail
A guide to the best scenic day hikes and overnight trips along the state-spanning Florida Trail, this book helps readers of all backgrounds and experience levels plan an adventure exploring natural Florida.
- Copyright year: 2024
Exploring Ontologies of the Precontact Americas
From Individual Bodies to Bodies of Social Theory
- Copyright year: 2024
Corporeal Readings of Cuban Literature and Art
The Body, the Inhuman, and Ecological Thinking
Examining how Cuban writers and artists have depicted racial, gender, and species differences throughout the past century, this book discusses how their works have emphasized the shared materiality of bodies across diverse media, time periods, and ideologies.
- Copyright year: 2024
Sherds of History
Domestic Life in Colonial Guadeloupe
This book examines ceramic artifacts from the island of Guadeloupe to reveal information about daily life in the French colonial Caribbean.