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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.

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Florida's Peace River Frontier

University Press of Florida

In this book, Canter Brown, Jr. records the economic, social, political, and racial history of the Peace River Valley in southwest Florida in an account of violence, passion, struggle, sacrifice, and determination.

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Collected Epiphanies of James Joyce

A Critical Edition

University Press of Florida

This book offers the first critical edition of the forty short texts James Joyce called “epiphanies.” Presenting the texts with background information and thorough annotations, this edition provides a vivid insight into Joyce’s art.

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Memory and Power at L’Hermitage Plantation

Heritage of a Nervous Landscape

University Press of Florida
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Memory and Power at L’Hermitage Plantation

Heritage of a Nervous Landscape

University Press of Florida
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Just Call Me Rae

The Story of Rae O. Weimer, Founder of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications

University Press of Florida, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
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An Introduction to Literary Debate in Late Medieval France

From Le Roman de la Rose to La Belle Dame sans Mercy

University Press of Florida

This volume immerses readers in a debate tradition that flourished in France during the late Middle Ages, focusing on two works that were both popular and controversial in their time and the discussions they sparked surrounding questions of women’s agency, love, marriage, and honor.

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Dancing the Afrofuture

Hula, Hip-Hop, and the Dunham Legacy

University Press of Florida

In this memoir, Halifu Osumare reflects on how her career as a dancer and activist influenced her growth as a scholar writing the stories of global hip-hop and Black culture.

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The Essential Writings of Robert A. Hill

University Press of Florida

Bringing together Robert A. Hill’s most important writings for the first time, this collection serves as a testament to Hill’s legacy as a pioneering scholar, activist, archive builder, and editor who shaped the study of Garveyism and pan-Africanism.

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Southern History Remixed

On Rock ’n’ Roll and the Dilemma of Race

University Press of Florida

This book spotlights the key role of popular music in the shaping of the United States South from the late nineteenth century to the era of rock ‘n’ roll, showing how the region’s musical activities reveal deep histories of racial tensions in southern culture.

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The Materialization of Time in the Ancient Maya World

Mythic History and Ritual Order

University Press of Florida

This book discusses the range of ways the ancient Maya people expressed timekeeping in daily life through their architecture, arts, writing, beliefs, and practices.

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The Archaeology of Modern Worlds in the Indian Ocean

University Press of Florida

Bringing together specialists working in multiple areas of the Indian Ocean world, this volume uses a historical archaeological approach to explore the importance of the region to the emergence of modernity and globalization.

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