University Of Florida Press imprint: 241 books
American Alligator
Ancient Predator in the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Having survived since the Mesozoic era, alligators teetered on the brink of extinction in the 1960s. Their recovery in the 1970s was largely due to legislative intervention, and today populations are closely monitored throughout their range. American Alligator is the most up-to-date and comprehensive...
Havana Hardball
Spring Training, Jackie Robinson, and The Cuban League
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
In February 1947, the most memorable season in the history of the Cuban League finished with a dramatic series win by Almendares against its rival, Habana. As the celebration spread through the streets of Havana and across Cuba, the Brooklyn Dodgers were beginning spring training on the island. One...
Rural Social Movements in Latin America
Organizing for Sustainable Livelihoods
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
"A remarkable collection. The chapters provide extremely useful information on a range of social movements generally not well covered in academic work--and the coverage is provided by people who are either activists within the movements themselves or long-time supporters."--Wendy Wolford,...
Trout
A True Story of Murder, Teens, and the Death Penalty
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
On a cool Pensacola night in January 1991, just a few minutes before midnight, three teenagers pulled up to the Trout Auto Parts store. Patrick Bonifay, his body coursing with adrenaline, entered the store clad in a ski mask carrying a loaded gun, intent on carrying out a poorly laid plan. Little...
Borderland Narratives
Negotiation and Accommodation in North America’s Contested Spaces, 1500-1850
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
Broadening the idea of "borderlands" beyond its traditional geographic meaning, this volume features new ways of characterizing the political, cultural, religious, and racial fluidity of early America. It extends the concept to regions not typically seen as borderlands and demonstrates how...
Challenge and Change
Right-Wing Women, Grassroots Activism, and the Baby Boom Generation
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Choice Outstanding Academic Title Florida Book Awards, Bronze Medal for General Nonfiction ?The scope of the book is impressive. [Benowitz] covers every major rightist issue, including the Vietnam War and the Equal Rights Amendment. . . . Highly recommended.??Choice ?Each chapter deals with a separate...
by Edward L. Cleary
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2018
"Latin America in the twenty-first century is no longer the way we have always imagined it, and nowhere are the region’s vast changes more evident than in the field of religion. Ed Cleary brings his readers into the churches and communities of Latin America to introduce them to the Catholic...
Voices from Mariel
Oral Histories of the 1980 Cuban Boatlift
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
Between April and September 1980, more than 125,000 Cuban refugees fled their homeland, seeking freedom from Fidel Castro's dictatorship. They departed in boats from the port of Mariel and braved the dangerous 90-mile journey across the Straits of Florida. Told in the words of the immigrants themselves,...
Island Shores, Distant Pasts
Archaeological and Biological Approaches to the Pre-Columbian Settlement of the Caribbean
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
"An excellent compilation of new methods and theories in Caribbean archaeology. . . . Not only materialize[s] the methodological advance in Caribbean archaeology, but also signif[ies] the strong theoretical progression that this discipline is experiencing."--Journal of Caribbean Archaeology...
by Marvin Dunn
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 1997
The first book devoted to the history of African Americans in south Florida and their pivotal role in the growth and development of Miami, Black Miami in the Twentieth Century traces their triumphs, drudgery, horrors, and courage during the first 100 years of the city's history. Firsthand accounts...
Safely to Earth
The Men and Women Who Brought the Astronauts Home
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2018
National Federation of Press Women National Communications Contest, First Place for Autobiography/Memoir Delaware Press Association Communications Contest, First Place for Autobiography/Memoir In this one-of-a-kind memoir, Jack Clemons—a former lead engineer in support of NASA—takes readers behind...
by Amílcar Antonio Barreto
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2018
"A [book] rich in detail and analysis, which anyone wanting to understand the language debate in Puerto Rico will find essential."--Arlene Davila, Syracuse University This is the first book in English to analyze the controversial language policies passed by the Puerto Rican government in...
by Virginia Lynn Moylan
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
In 1948, false accusations of child molestation all but erased the reputation and career Zora Neale Hurston had worked for decades to build. Sensationalized in the profit-seeking press and relentlessly pursued by a prosecution more interested in a personal crusade than justice, the morals charge brought...
by Carolyn Morrow Long
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2012
The legend of Madame Delphine Lalaurie, a wealthy society matron, has haunted the city of New Orleans for nearly two hundred years.
When fire destroyed part of her home in 1834, the public was outraged to learn that behind closed doors Lalaurie routinely bound, starved, and tortured her slaves....