Association of Black Women Historians Letitia Woods Brown Book Prize “Brunson’s study of over 75 years of complex change . . . does its intellectual work from a distinct and critical vantage. . . . Her work innovatively centers racial analysis by locating the Afro-descended women contributing to political discourse across a range of mediums … Continue reading New Paperback Release: Black Women, Citizenship, and the Making of Modern Cuba
New Paperback Release: The Citizenship Education Program and Black Women’s Political Culture
Southern Association for Women Historians Julia Cherry Spruill PrizeFinalist, Hooks National Book Award “Makes a major contribution to civil rights history by documenting the extensive political education work of the Black women-led Citizenship Education Program, an organization that promoted voter registration throughout the South. This book clearly shows that women were not only organizers but … Continue reading New Paperback Release: The Citizenship Education Program and Black Women’s Political Culture
Fall 2021 Paperback Releases
Use code XM21 at upress.ufl.edu for discounts and free shipping on new paperbacks and all our books before December 15! Pauulu’s Diaspora: Black Internationalism and Environmental JusticeQuito J. Swan African American Intellectual History Society Pauli Murray Book Prize A Black Perspectives Best Black History Book of 2020 Honorable Mention, Organization of American Historians Liberty Legacy … Continue reading Fall 2021 Paperback Releases
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Picturing Cuba: Art, Culture, and Identity on the Island and in the DiasporaEdited by Jorge Duany “An excellent, wide-ranging introduction to Cuban art, its historiography, and the politics of its production, reception, and exhibition. . . . The essays, ordered chronologically, provide a clear, generously illustrated account of the varied attempts through time to isolate … Continue reading Now Available: New Paperback Releases
Fall 2020 Paperback Releases
Bay of Pigs: An Oral History of Brigade 2506 by Victor Andres Triay “Makes a valuable contribution by righting a wrong from the perspective of the men and women whose lives the invasion forever changed. . . . Triay’s book . . . captures the views and experiences of an entire generation.”—Miami Herald “Triay . … Continue reading Fall 2020 Paperback Releases
Spring 2020 Paperback Releases
Sunshine Paradise: A History of Florida Tourism by Tracy J. Revels “Naturally becomes a baseline body of work from which to understand historical tourism development. Highly recommended.”—Choice “[A] much-welcomed, concise survey of Florida tourism from the days of Ponce de León to the present. . . . Provid[es] an engaging narrative. Tourists’ letters, popular travel … Continue reading Spring 2020 Paperback Releases
Fall 2019 Paperback Releases
The Allure of Immortality: An American Cult, a Florida Swamp, and a Renegade Prophet by Lyn Millner Wall Street Journal’s Five Best Books About Cults “Relates the headshaking tale of how [Cyrus] Teed converted two hundred seekers into celibate Koreshans and led them from Chicago to a Southwest Florida promised land, based on a religion-science … Continue reading Fall 2019 Paperback Releases
Spring 2019 Paperback Releases
Dancing in Blackness: A Memoir by Halifu Osumare “Osumare has engaged with black dance as performer, choreographer, educator, arts administrator, researcher, and activist in the United States, Africa, and Europe, and through multiple careers. In this equal parts memoir, autoethnography, history, encyclopedic catalog, and sociocultural analysis, she traces her activities from the 1960s through the … Continue reading Spring 2019 Paperback Releases
Dixie’s Daughters, with a New Preface
Southern Association for Women Historians Julia Cherry Spruill Prize “The definitive history of the UDC.”—Daily Beast “Highlights the central role the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) played in creating and sustaining the myth of the Lost Cause in early-twentieth-century southern culture.”—Choice “This younger generation of white southern women was committed to the public vindication … Continue reading Dixie’s Daughters, with a New Preface
Fall 2018 Paperback Releases
Everglades Patrol By Tom Shirley “In his 30 years patrolling the Everglades, former wildlife officer Tom Shirley saw his share of panthers and poachers. But it’s his tales of tangling with alligators that really gets your skin crawling. . . . When it comes to the Everglades, few people share Shirley’s knowledge and perspective.”—Tampa Bay Times … Continue reading Fall 2018 Paperback Releases
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