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.
The Lost Cinema of Mexico
From Lucha Libre to Cine Familiar and Other Churros
Rooted Jazz Dance
Africanist Aesthetics and Equity in the Twenty-First Century
A Historical Archaeology of Early Spanish Colonial Urbanism in Central America
Ancient Andean Houses
Making, Inhabiting, Studying
In an extensive survey of vernacular architecture from across the entire length of the Andes, this book explores the diverse ways ancient peoples made houses, the ways houses re-create culture, and new perspectives and methods for studying houses.
Unearthing the Missions of Spanish Florida
This volume presents new data and interpretations from research at Florida’s Spanish missions, drawing on the past thirty years of work at sites from St. Augustine to the panhandle.
Historical Archaeology in the Twenty-First Century
Lessons from Colonial Williamsburg
Offering an in-depth look at historical archaeology, public history, and reconstruction in Colonial Williamsburg, this volume provides state-of-the-art examples of how the discipline can be used to inform, engage, and educate.
Urban Ecology for Citizens and Planners
This volume offers a wealth of information and examples for those looking to help bring urban environments into harmony with the natural world and make cities more sustainable.
Methods, Mounds, and Missions
New Contributions to Florida Archaeology
Offering innovative ways of looking at existing data, as well as compelling new information, about Florida’s past, this volume updates current archaeological interpretations and demonstrates the use of new and improved tools to answer larger questions.
Home in Florida
Latinx Writers and the Literature of Uprootedness
This collection presents a selection of the best literature of displacement and uprootedness by some of the most talented contemporary Latinx writers who have called Florida home.
New Methods and Theories for Analyzing Mississippian Imagery
Exploring various methodological and theoretical approaches to pre-Columbian visual culture, the essays in this volume reconstruct dynamic accounts of Native American history across the U.S. Southeast.
