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.
Genetic Joyce
Manuscripts and the Dynamics of Creation
Using genetic criticism, an approach focused on the materiality of the writing process, this book shows how the creative process of modernist writer James Joyce can be reconstructed from his manuscripts.
Heritage and Democracy
Crisis, Critique, and Collaboration
Mary McLeod Bethune the Pan-Africanist
Broadening the familiar view of Mary McLeod Bethune as an advocate for racial and gender equality within the United States, this book highlights Bethune’s global activism and her connections throughout the African diaspora.
Blackness in Mexico
Afro-Mexican Recognition and the Production of Citizenship in the Costa Chica
Collective Creativity and Artistic Agency in Colonial Latin America
Castles in the Sand
The Life and Times of Carl Graham Fisher
Janet Reno
A Life
The first full biography of former United States attorney general Janet Reno, this book examines the guiding forces that shaped Reno’s character, the trails blazed by Reno in her professional roles, and the lasting influence of Reno on American politics and society.