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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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Technified Muses

Reconfiguring National Bodies in the Mexican Avant-Garde

University of Florida Press

In this volume, Sara Potter uses the idea of the muse from Greek mythology and the cyborg from posthuman theory to consider the portrayal of female characters and their bodies in Mexican art and literature from the 1920s to the present, examining genres including science fiction, cyberpunk, and popular fiction.

  • Copyright year: 2024
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Exploring Ontologies of the Precontact Americas

From Individual Bodies to Bodies of Social Theory

University of Florida Press
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Sherds of History

Domestic Life in Colonial Guadeloupe

University Press of Florida

This book examines ceramic artifacts from the island of Guadeloupe to reveal information about daily life in the French colonial Caribbean.

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An Introduction to Jean Bodel

University Press of Florida

In this book, Lynn Ramey explores the life and works of Jean Bodel, a twelfth-century French poet, playwright, and epic writer, providing translations and summaries of works never published before in English while delving into Bodel’s historical and cultural context.

  • Copyright year: 2024
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The Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration

New Deal Public Works, Modernization, and Colonial Reform

University of Florida Press

This book explores the history and impact of an important New Deal program that improved living conditions across Puerto Rico in the wake of destructive hurricanes and the Great Depression, while at the same time resulting in a strengthened colonial relationship between the island and the United States.

  • Copyright year: 2024
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Space Policy for the Twenty-First Century

University of Florida Press

A foundational resource for both students and professionals, this book provides a comprehensive, accessible overview of major space policies in the United States and a framework through which to analyze them.

  • Copyright year: 2024
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Selling Vero Beach

Settler Myths in the Land of the Aís and Seminole

University Press of Florida

This book explores how settlers from northern states created myths about the Indian River area on Florida’s Atlantic Coast, importing ideas about the region’s Indigenous peoples and rewriting its history to market the land to investors and tourists.

  • Copyright year: 2024
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Decoding the Codex Borgia

Visual Symbols of Time and Space in Ancient Mexico

University Press of Florida

This book explores the rich symbolism of the Codex Borgia, a masterpiece of Precolumbian art dating to the fifteenth century, showing how the manuscript’s intricate and colorful imagery conveys complex ideas related to Mesoamerican myths and religion.

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Sustainability in Ancient Island Societies

An Archaeology of Human Resilience

University Press of Florida

This volume explores the impacts humans have made on island and coastal ecosystems and the ways these environments have adapted to anthropogenic changes over the course of millennia.

  • Copyright year: 2024
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From Saloons to Steak Houses

A History of Tampa

University Press of Florida
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Tampa Bay

The Story of an Estuary and Its People

University Press of Florida

This book explores the environmental history of the largest open water estuary in Florida, revealing how people have interacted with nature throughout the long history of Tampa Bay.

  • Copyright year: 2024
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Indigenizing Archaeology

Putting Theory into Practice

University Press of Florida

This book highlights early-career Indigenous scholars conducting research in North America who are advancing the growing paradigm of archaeological study done with, by, and for members of Native-descendant communities.

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