The following books are now available in paperback editions.
Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock
Michael Ray FitzGerald
Florida Book Awards, Bronze Medal for Florida Nonfiction
“Fun and informative. . . . Fans of southern rock will appreciate Fitzgerald’s entertaining survey.”—Publishers Weekly
“[An] enjoyable book that’s part memoir and part music history. . . . Offers entertaining glimpses into the development of a music scene and music style.”—No Depression
“Extensively researched and engagingly written, it’s by far the most comprehensive account of this aspect of Jacksonville history ever published.”—The Jaxson
“Anyone with an interest in music history, southern culture, or the bands included in this book will certainly enjoy what Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock has to offer.”—Journal of Southern History
Ninety Miles and a Lifetime Away: Memories of Early Cuban Exiles
David Powell
Florida Historical Society Samuel Proctor Award
“These vivid accounts remind us that history is lived by ordinary people, whose memories are invaluable.”—Latino Magazine
“An intensely personal collection of memories from people who lived through a tragic epoch of Cuban history that became a transformative period for Florida.”—Tallahassee Democrat
“An excellent example of the power of oral history.”—Orlando Sentinel
Fútbol!: Why Soccer Matters in Latin America
Joshua H. Nadel
Zócalo Public Square’s 10 Best Books We Read This Year, 2014
“Well-crafted insights about the many ways football reflects and challenges Latin American societies.”—Kirkus Reviews
“One of the best English-language books on soccer in Latin America.”—Remezcla
“Well-researched, wide-ranging, and engagingly written.”—New Books in Sports
“A must read for any soccer fans who ever wanted to learn more [about] Latin America’s approach to the beautiful game.”—Latino Sports
“An engaging history of Latin America’s most prevalent sport that adds to our understanding of nationalism and imagined communities. . . . The book argues for soccer’s relevance in understanding Latin America and captures the game’s drama, joy, and despair through vignettes of famous players and matches.”—Hispanic American Historical Review America
Lunar Outfitters: Making the Apollo Space Suit
Bill Ayrey
“A space suit: a miniature space craft, so well designed for Apollo missions as described in this book. Excellent throughout, so comprehensive, so enjoyable.”—Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut
“Ayrey’s details fascinate. . . . Photos and engineering design diagrams add helpful visual detail to the text. This accessible, anecdote-packed history will please many an astronomy buff.”—Publishers Weekly
“An excellent addition to the existing literature on this subject. . . . [We can] hope that current space suit designers are reading Ayrey’s book and learning the lessons it has to teach.”—Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly
“Well-provided with copious line diagrams, pictures, five appendices, chapter notes and further reading recommendations, this is a historically and technically important book that handles all the detailed complexity and development of the Apollo series space suits with accuracy, clarity, and precision.”—Journal of Aeronautical History
“A rare and rewarding book. Ayrey goes into the complexity of both spacesuit design and quality management in straightforward language. . . . He tells a story that is engaging and entertaining.”—National Space Society
“This is the story of the ultimate space suit for lunar explorers; a garment that evolved over many years of experiment and development; a garment that protected me five times during extravehicular excursions into the vast unforgiving hazards of space exploration, including three days on the surface of the moon.”—David Scott, Apollo 15 commander
The Architecture of James Gamble Rogers II in Winter Park, Florida
Patrick W. McClane and Debra A. McClane
“An exemplary biographical study of a notable regional architect. . . . Highly recommended.”—Choice
“This well-researched text will delight the novice interested in architecture as well as the more knowledgeable reader.”—H-NET
“An interesting and informative book that you might want to take along for a driving tour of Winter Park.”—Villages Daily Sun
Travels on the St. Johns River
John Bartram and William Bartram,
Edited by Thomas Hallock and Richard Franz
“The editors skillfully interpret the geography and natural history, and provide an extensive list of the plants and animals the Bartrams encountered. This work will appeal to naturalists and those interested in early American studies in natural history.”—Choice
“A worthy addition to the literature exploring the British years in Florida.”—Florida Historical Quarterly
“A visitor today walking the beach of one of these islands reading Travels on the St. Johns River in the morning shadows cast by high-rise condominiums would have a much deeper comprehension of the place, its origins, and its sad fate, which is what the editors of the volume hope for.”—Early American Literature
André Michaux in Florida: An Eighteenth-Century Botanical Journey
Walter Kingsley Taylor and Eliane M. Norman
“André Michaux in Florida is outstanding for its scholarship and documentation; the authors have clearly written with meticulous care to detail. . . . A critical documentation of Michaux’s botanical work in Florida that adds significantly to the historical record.”—Plant Science Bulletin
“This book makes a bold start at restoring the significance of [Michaux’s] botanical record to the history of science.”—Isis
“Taylor and Norman have provided a volume useful to specialists on Florida’s historical biological diversity. The volume will also be of use to scholars of the late colonial period in Florida, especially those interested in environmental history.”—H-Net
“[The authors] provide copious historical, geographic, and biographical background information concerning Michaux, other naturalists with whom he corresponded, and the political history of the area of Florida he explored.”—Journal of Southern History
“An excellent primary resource for understanding the second Spanish period of Florida.”—Colonial Latin American Historical Review
How the New Deal Built Florida Tourism: The Civilian Conservation Corps and State Parks
David J. Nelson
Florida Historical Society Rembert Patrick Award
Florida Book Awards, Silver Medal for Florida Nonfiction
“Sheds new light on the development of Florida tourism.”—Choice
“Nelson expertly examines how debates about Florida’s identity during the New Deal era paved the way for the creation of Florida’s modern tourist industry.”—Journal of Southern History
“Nelson makes a convincing argument that this time period was the foundation for establishing Florida as a tourist destination.”—H-Net
The Emergence of Capitalism in Early America
Christopher W. Calvo
“Calvo’s work provides an impressive, close analysis and erudite argument about American political economy before the Civil War.”—American Nineteenth Century History
“This book provides a necessary corrective to the previous scholarship on early America’s economic thought. It will be read with great profit by those interested in both economic history and the history of antebellum America. . . . Highly recommended.”—Choice
“Calvo has performed a great service, and one must be impressed by his mastery of a massive body of writings.”—EH.Net
“Calvo’s work is engaging and thoroughly readable, providing a fantastic addition to the discourse on American political economy and its intellectual components.”—H-Net
Developing the Dead: Mediumship and Selfhood in Cuban Espiritismo
Diana Espírito Santo
“Emphasizes the confluence of body, spirit world, and experience of self. . . . Places espiritismo in the context of Cuban class, recent history, colonial experience, struggle for independence, and the revolution. . . . Recommended.”—Choice
“A detailed and richly nuanced ethnography of Cuban espiritismo.”—Journal of Folklore Research
“Belongs in the library of anyone interested in those African-based religious traditions that have been developed in the Americas, especially those that developed in the Caribbean. It should also be of interest to those willing to widen their scholarly gaze to include traditions that do not fit neatly into Western, European philosophical and religious categories.”—Nova Religio
“An invaluable reference for scholars working in Atlantic studies, Religious studies, Latina/o studies, Anthropology of Religion, Caribbean studies, and African Diaspora studies.”—New West Indian Guide
Honoring Ancestors in Sacred Space: The Archaeology of an Eighteenth-Century African-Bahamian Cemetery
Grace Turner
A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series
“A fascinating study. . . . Contributes significantly to our understanding of African-derived cultural practices in the Americas and especially in the Bahamas.”—Latin American Antiquity
“Adds a welcome Caribbean voice to a chorus of valuable works contributed primarily by North Americans working in Antillean contexts. . . . A refreshing contribution.”—Historical Archaeology
“A meaningful contribution to a growing body of research on the archaeology of the African diaspora that moves from the plantation to the urban center and calls attention to the variability of experiences that existed historically within communities of African descent. . . . Turner is an important Bahamian archaeological voice.”—Journal of Anthropological Research
“Ground-breaking on multiple levels. . . . Throughout these chapters, it is clear that island residents were involved at every step. . . . Turner’s work should be referenced by anyone working in such burial grounds in the Caribbean or in the southern United States. . . . It is public archaeology and anthropology at its best.”—Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
“A rare example of descendant communities researching, investigating, and writing about their own past from an anti-colonial and anti-racist perspective.”—Southeastern Archaeology
Grit-Tempered: Early Women Archaeologists in the Southeastern United States
Edited by Nancy Marie White, Lynne P. Sullivan, and
Rochelle A. Marrinan
With a New Preface
A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series
Praise for the first edition:
“Highly recommended for any archaeologist interested in the history of the discipline.”—Choice
“An important addition to the history of southeastern archaeology, bringing to light the often undervalued or forgotten contributions of the many women who helped to make archaeology what it is today.”—Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
“This is a needed history, providing details both mundane and critical, personal and professional, feminist and archaeological.”—Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
“Demonstrat[es] that each woman, regardless of how, when, or why she came to Southeastern archaeology, has made significant contributions to the field, clearing the path for women today to pursue successful careers in archaeology.”—North American Archaeologist
“The regional focus lends an intimate and immediate quality to this series of biographical-historical narratives. . . . [It is] heartening to know that some among us have thought to capture these women’s stories for others to tell in the future and to provide a basis for better understanding how our roles and histories influence our work as archaeologists.”—Journal of Anthropological Research
“These fascinating brief portraits, variously based on documents, interviews, or autobiographical statements, reveal much of the changing circumstances in the context of which women’s work must be understood.”—National Women’s Studies Association Journal
“A readable book that provides a lot of interesting material on the history of Southeastern archaeology.”—Journal of Alabama Archaeology
“A delight to read, often humorous, sometimes sobering. It has much to offer readers, ranging from the history of archaeology and the role of the WPA in southeastern archaeology, to an intimate view of careers of influential women in science, to discussions of the study of gender in history and archaeology. It is a volume to be read and shared.”—Arkansas Historical Quarterly
“An easily read, thought-provoking book.”—St. Augustine Archaeological Association Quarterly Book Review
The Market for Mesoamerica: Reflections on the Sale of Pre-Columbian Antiquities
Edited by Cara G. Tremain and Donna Yates
A volume in the series Maya Studies
“The book’s fresh insights break new paths of research in archaeological looting, the antiquities trade, and national and international heritage law.”—Anthropology Book Forum
“An insightful and fascinating exploration. . . . Offers a cutting-edge analysis of the antiquities market that should be of interest to archaeologists, museum professionals, and art historians as well as criminologists and sociologists.”—Hispanic American Historical Review
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