University Of Florida Press imprint: 241 books

by David A. Dorsey
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014

For the young men of Dunbar—the low-income, historically segregated neighborhoods of Fort Myers, Florida—avoiding the path that leads to easy money as a drug dealer often means choosing complete devotion to football and dreams of NFL stardom. While such dreams remain out of reach for most, an...
by John D. Early
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2016

"A landmark achievement that will no doubt be cited again and again for years to come. It is a thoroughly-researched and authoritative work."--Allen J. Christenson, author of Art and Society in a Highland Maya Community "While this book explains what brought about the Maya uprisings...

An Incurable Past

Nasser's Egypt Then and Now

by Mériam N. Belli
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017

"Spanning virtually the entire twentieth century and as timely as the outbreak of the 2011 ‘January Revolution,’ this work has much to say about where Egypt has been, who Egyptians are and, ultimately, where they may take their country." --Joel Gordon, author of Nasser: Hero of the Arab...

Monumental Dreams

The Life and Sculpture of Ann Norton

by Caroline Seebohm
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014

In 1929, the Museum of Modern Art opened its doors, showing the astonishing paintings of Picasso, Matisse, and other avant garde artists. Young American artists quickly responded by experimenting with impressionism, cubism, and abstraction. In Monumental Dreams, author Caroline Seebohm tells...

Fed Up

The High Costs of Cheap Food

by Dale Finley Slongwhite
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014

One farmworker tells of the soil that would “bite” him, but that was the chemicals burning his skin. Others developed lupus, asthma, diabetes, kidney failure, or suffered myriad symptoms with no clear diagnosis. Some miscarried or had children with genetic defects, while others developed cancer. In...

Freedom for Women

Forging the Women's Liberation Movement, 1953-1970

by Carol Giardina
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2010

In this richly detailed firsthand history of the contemporary Women's Liberation Movement (WLM), scholar-activist Carol Giardina argues against the prevalent belief that the movement grew out of frustrations over the male chauvinism experienced by WLM founders active in the Black Freedom Movement...
by Sitiki
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2009

Recently discovered as a hand-written document in the Buckingham Smith Collection at the New York Historical Society, this remarkable first-person narrative traces the life of Sitiki, whose name was changed to Jack Smith after his enslavement in America. Captured and sold into slavery in Africa...

Indian River Lagoon

An Environmental History

by Osborn, Nathaniel
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016

Stretching along 156 miles of Florida's East Coast, the Indian River Lagoon contains the St. Lucie estuary, the Mosquito Lagoon, Banana River Lagoon, and the Indian River. It is a delicate ecosystem of shifting barrier islands and varying salinity levels due to its many inlets that open and close...

Waterways

Sailing the Southeastern Coast

by Jennifer Frick-Ruppert
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014

When Jennifer Frick-Ruppert and her husband set sail for the first time in their newly purchased 37-foot sailboat, they were hoping to leave colder climes behind, learn something about sailing, and get away from the daily grind. What they didn’t expect was that nature would become a partner in their...

The Enduring Semioles

From Alligator Wrestling to Casino Gaming

by Patsy West
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2008

Early in this century, the Florida Seminoles struggled to survive in an environment altered by the drainage of the Everglades and a dwindling demand for animal hides. This revised and expanded edition is the only book available on the cultural tourism activities of an Indian tribe. Often told...
by Bill DeYoung
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018

A go-getting, red-headed college kid eager to break into the music business, Phil Gernhard produced a handful of singles for South Carolina doo-wop group Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs. One of these songs, "Stay," reached number one on the charts in 1960. Gernhard was just 19 years old. Phil...

Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers

Reflections from the Deep South, 1964–1980

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Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017

“Fascinating. . . . The kind of book you can open anywhere, maybe thumb back or forth a few pages, and settle into a good story.”—USA Today "One of the great, largely unknown stories of American history. This volume is a wonderfully evocative demonstration of something often discounted--how...
by James A Michener
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2007

Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener was in his sixties when he began traveling frequently to the Florida Keys. One result of those visits was the novel Matecumbe, named after two of the islands that comprise the town of Islamorada, located approximately half way between Miami and Key West. Never...
by Robert S Carr
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012

The pace of change of Miami since its incorporation in 1896 is staggering. The seaside land that once was home to several thousand Tequesta is now congested with roads and millions of people while skyscrapers and artificial lights dominate the landscape. Ironically, Miami's development both...
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