University Of Florida Press imprint: 241 books
The Final Mission
Preserving NASA's Apollo Sites
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2016
The world will always remember Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin for their first steps on the moon, yet few today hold in respect the sites that made these and other astronauts' journeys possible. Across the American landscape and on the lunar surface, many facilities and landing sites linked to the...
Stinking Stones and Rocks of Gold
Phosphate, Fertilizer, and Industrialization in Postbellum South Carolina
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
South Carolina Historical Society George C. Rogers Jr. Book Award "A solid contribution."--Journal of American History "An insightful analysis of the rise of the phosphate and fertilizer industries in the South Carolina lowcountry."--Business History Review "Places the rise...
Voyages, the Age of Sail
Documents in American Maritime History, Volume I, 1492-1865
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2009
Intended as a text for college and advanced high school students, Voyages covers the entirety of the American maritime experience, from the discovery of the continent to the present. Published in cooperation with the National Maritime Historical Society, the selections chosen for this anthology of...
A New Orleans Voudou Priestess
The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2007
Against the backdrop of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century New Orleans, A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau disentangles the complex threads of the legend surrounding the famous Voudou priestess. According to mysterious, oft-told tales, Laveau was an extraordinary...
Site Dance
Choreographers and the Lure of Alternative Spaces
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
In recent years, site-specific dance has grown in popularity. In the wake of groundbreaking work by choreographers who left traditional performance spaces for other venues, more and more performances are cropping up on skyscrapers, in alleyways, on trains, on the decks of aircraft carriers, and in...
Sleigh Rides, Jingle Bells, and Silent Nights
A Cultural History of American Christmas Songs
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
When Bing Crosby’s "White Christmas" debuted in 1942, no one imagined that a holiday song would top the charts year after year. One of the best-selling singles ever released, it remains on rotation at tree lighting ceremonies across the country, in crowded shopping malls on Black Friday,...
by
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
"An extensive overview of the drug trade in the Americas and its impact on politics, economics, and society throughout the region. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice "A first-rate update on the state of the long-fought hemispheric 'war on drugs.' It is particularly timely, as the perception...
Skyway
The True Story of Tampa Bay's Signature Bridge and the Man Who Brought It Down
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
On the morning of May 9, 1980, harbor pilot John Lerro was guiding a 600-foot freighter, the Summit Venture, into Tampa Bay. Directly in the ship’s path was the Sunshine Skyway Bridge--two ribbons of concrete, steel, and asphalt that crossed fifteen miles of open bay. Suddenly, a violent weather...
by Thaddeus D. Novak
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
One of the untold stories of World War II is the guarding of Greenland and its coastal waters, where the first U.S. capture of an enemy ship took place. For six months in 1942 and against standing orders of the time, Thaddeus Nowakowski (now Novak) kept a personal diary of his service on patrol in...
Winning While Losing
Civil Rights, The Conservative Movement and the Presidency from Nixon to Obama
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
"Explor[es] the paradoxical nature of racial politics in the post–civil rights period. . . . Does us the service of detailing how different presidential administrations handled civil rights, complicating our understanding of the major themes that defined the era."--American Historical...
by
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
"A tour de force that underwrites and shifts the petrified image of Islam disseminated by mainstream media."--Walter D. Mignolo, author of The Darker Side of Western Modernity "Gives us an entirely different picture of Muslims in the Americas than can be found in the established literature....
The Scent of Scandal: Greed, Betrayal, and the World's Most Beautiful Orchid
Greed, Betrayal, and the World's Most Beautiful Orchid
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2012
After its Peruvian discovery in 2002, Phragmipedium kovachii became the rarest and most sought-after orchid in the world. Prices soared to $10,000 on the black market. Then one showed up at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, where every year more than 100,000 people visit. They come for the lush landscape...
Slavery behind the Wall
An Archaeology of a Cuban Coffee Plantation
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
"A significant contribution in Caribbean archaeology. Singleton weaves archaeological and documentary evidence into a compelling narrative of the lives of the enslaved at Santa Ana de Biajacas."--Patricia Samford, author of Subfloor Pits and the Archaeology of Slavery in Colonial Virginia...
by Steven C Hahn
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2012
The story of Mary Musgrove (1700-1764), a Creek Indian-English woman struggling for success in colonial society, is an improbable one.
As a literate Christian, entrepreneur, and wife of an Anglican clergyman, Mary was one of a small number of "mixed blood" Indians to achieve a position...