University Of Florida Press: 327 books
They Dared to Dream
Florida Women Who Shaped History
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
"Well-crafted and in-depth, They Dared to Dream has moved women, their experiences, and their contributions to the forefront of Florida's history and heritage. This is a long-overdue and much-needed turning point in understanding our state's past and present."--Canter Brown Jr., coeditor...
Florida's Minority Trailblazers
The Men and Women Who Changed the Face of Florida Government
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
"Saves a piece of Florida political history by narrating the personal stories of the state's 'minority trailblazers' from the Civil Rights Movement to the present day."--Richard E. Foglesong, author of Immigrant Prince: Mel Martinez and the American Dream "Captures Florida's ongoing...
by John W. Griffin, Patricia C. Griffin
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2017
"An important book about a natural World Heritage site that also has a rich human heritage."--American Archaeology "As the only available synthesis of the archaeology of the Everglades, this book fills an important niche."--Choice "Adds immeasurably to our knowledge of South...
by Eugene A. Shinn, Barbara H. Lidz
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
"A joy to read from two of the most prominent geologists who have worked for the better part of their careers in the Florida Keys. Places important environmental focus on modern-day issues facing the island ecosystems, the health of Florida Bay, the nearshore areas, and ultimately the reef tract."--Donald...
Elvis Ignited
The Rise of an Icon in Florida
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
“A persuasive argument that Presley’s “moonshot” to fame could not have happened without Florida. . . . Deftly captures a pre-Interstate Florida where an anonymous Presley would be traveling for grueling hours down every two-laner in the state in his signature automobile.”—Palm Beach Post...
Son of Real Florida
Stories from My Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2018
As stories about "Florida Man" inspire wild headlines in the news, Florida's most beloved chronicler is here to show that the state is more than the stereotypes. Award-winning journalist Jeff Klinkenberg has explored what makes Florida unique for nearly half a century, and Son of Real Florida...
Backroads of Paradise
A Journey to Rediscover Old Florida
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
In the 1930s, the Federal Writers' Project sent mostly anonymous writers, but also Zora Neale Hurston and Stetson Kennedy, into the depths of Florida to reveal its splendor to the world. The FWP and the State of Florida jointly published the results as Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State, which...
by Dale Allen Gyure
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2010
Florida Southern College in Lakeland boasts the largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. With eleven buildings planned and designed by Wright, the campus forms a rich tableau for examining the architect's philosophy and design practice.
In this fully illustrated...
Florida Soul
From Ray Charles to KC and the Sunshine Band
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2017
"The story of a state long denied its place in soul capitals. Capouya tells quite a tale, taking us from the legends RC to KC; from Jackie Moore to Sam Moore; to many more. "--Jeffrey M. Lemlich, author of Savage Lost: Florida Garage Bands, the '60s and Beyond "Engaging and comprehensive....
In Season
Stories of Discovery, Loss, Home, and Places In Between
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Florida Book Awards, Silver Medal for Florida Nonfiction
First-time travelers to Florida often imagine the state as just a vacationland or a swamp--a place to visit and to leave behind. But the writers in this collection discover the truth that everyone who's lived in the state knows. When...
Constructing Floridians
Natives and Europeans in the Colonial Floridas, 1513-1783
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Florida Book Awards, Silver Medal for Florida Nonfiction Florida Historical Society Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Award "Compelling stories of people whose ideas about themselves changed as they struggled to understand new people and circumstances. . . . A rich tale of cross-cultural divisions...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
This is the heralded “definitive history” of Florida. No other book so fully or accurately captures the highs and lows, the grandeur and the craziness, the horrors and the glories of the past 500 years in the Land of Sunshine. Twenty-three leading historians, assembled by renowned scholar Michael...
Florida's Megatrends
Critical Issues in Florida
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2010
In the first edition of Florida Megatrends, David Colburn and Lance deHaven-Smith revealed the state for what it is: a bellwether for the nation. The intervening years have only confirmed their analyses, as Florida and the U.S. have been battered and transformed by the housing collapse, the great...
Highway A1A
Florida at the Edge
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2005
Highway A1A: Florida at the Edge is more than an insightful guide to the cities and towns along Florida's Atlantic coast. It is also the dramatic story of how tourism begat development, how development begat sprawl, and how this coastal corridor, almost out of the blue, created Florida's original...