“James Hudson is among the civil rights activists who were giants within their respective communities. Men and women like him represented the very finest of Christian theology and spirituality. To study and hear voices such as James Hudson’s is to help lay the framework for the nonviolent movement that must yet happen in the twenty-first … Continue reading James Hudson
Motion Picture Paradise
“Tells the unique and remarkable story of the film industry in Florida—a long saga involving pioneering filmmakers, short-sighted politicians, and con men looking to cash in.”—Susan Doll, coauthor of Florida on Film: The Essential Guide to Sunshine State Cinema and Locations “Updating our understanding of the film industry in Florida and the films it made, Morton … Continue reading Motion Picture Paradise
First Ladies and Their Orchids
Distributed by University Press of Florida on behalf of Chadwick & Son Orchids For as long as orchid hybrids have been made, breeders have been naming them after prominent women of the day. European royalty were often honored and included queens, princesses, empresses, and baronesses. By the early 1900s, Queen Victoria, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, and … Continue reading First Ladies and Their Orchids
Chronicling Amazon Town
“A book that many have been waiting for. It opens up the results of a classical community study, Amazon Town, for assessment and appreciation and brings the story up to date in a way that is both challenging and satisfying.”—William H. Fisher, author of Rain Forest Exchanges: Industry and Community on an Amazonian Frontier “Simultaneously launches … Continue reading Chronicling Amazon Town
Mesoamerican Osteobiographies
“An important and timely contribution to both the bioarchaeology of Mesoamerica and the deployment of osteobiography within the field of bioarchaeology.”—Lauren Hosek, University of Colorado, Boulder“The authors of this volume take a challenging approach to understanding the lived experience of people in the past in a novel and interesting way.”—Corey Ragsdale, Southern Illinois University Drawing … Continue reading Mesoamerican Osteobiographies
Florida Trail Hikes
“The Florida National Scenic Trail is a one-of-a-kind hiking experience. Flat and semitropical, free of snow in the winter months, the trail provides nature’s response to development throughout the state, particularly our coasts: clear springs, thick forests, palmetto hammocks, marshy ponds, and remote lakes. Don’t forget to take Florida Trail Hikes by Sandra Friend and … Continue reading Florida Trail Hikes
Tropical Time Machines
“A necessary, groundbreaking book. A comprehensive map of contemporary science fiction in the Spanish Caribbean.”—Odette Casamayor-Cisneros, author of Utopía, distopía e ingravidez: reconfiguraciones cosmológicas en la narrativa postsoviética cubana “Maguire’s pioneering book makes a valuable contribution to the study of Caribbean science fiction in literature, film, and video production.”—M. Elizabeth Ginway, coeditor of Latin American Science Fiction: … Continue reading Tropical Time Machines
Mississippian Women
“An eye-opening dive into the lives, contributions, and power of Indigenous women through a myriad of archaeological methods.”—Christina Friberg, author of The Making of Mississippian Tradition “A welcome and overdue volume for Mississippian archaeology. It will no doubt be useful for Mississippian archaeologists as well as for those interested in gender in past contexts.”—B. Jacob Skousen, coeditor … Continue reading Mississippian Women
Corporeal Readings of Cuban Literature and Art
“This beautifully written book blazes a new trail in studies of contemporary Cuban culture by considering the interrelations of aesthetics, ethics, and corporeality. Defying traditional myths of nation building, revolutionary rhetoric, and identity politics, García makes valuable insights into how Cuban literature and art is fundamentally entangled with the island’s more-than-human ecological communities.”—Charlotte Rogers, author … Continue reading Corporeal Readings of Cuban Literature and Art
Exploring Ontologies of the Precontact Americas
“This volume exemplifies the broad relevance of modern bioarchaeology, with its strong grounding in social theory and invocation of diverse lines of evidence beyond human remains.”—Alexis Boutin, Sonoma State University Exploring Ontologies of the Precontact Americas demonstrates how researchers in bioarchaeology and mortuary archaeology can work to better understand concepts of life and death in … Continue reading Exploring Ontologies of the Precontact Americas
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