Our books are blossoming with praise and positive reviews this spring! Enjoy just a few highlights from this season below. Saving Florida: Women's Fight for the Environment in the Twentieth Century By Leslie Kemp Poole “Makes significant contributions to the broader fields of American history and environmental history by continually placing the actions of … Continue reading Spring Review Roundup
Brothels, Gallows, and Lies: Frontier Alibis
The University Press of Florida is pleased to announce the publication of Mythic Frontiers: Remembering, Forgetting, and Profiting with Cultural Heritage Tourism by Daniel R. Maher. Exploring Wild West tourist sites in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Mythic Frontiers shows how aggrandized versions of the past, especially those of the “American frontier,” have been used to turn a profit. It reveals that popular … Continue reading Brothels, Gallows, and Lies: Frontier Alibis
Society for American Archaeology 2016
Last week we displayed new and bestselling archaeology books at the 81st annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, held this year in Orlando. We had a great time meeting with our archaeologist authors and welcoming conference attendees to the Sunshine State! Our booth was packed with books in archaeology and anthropology, and we sold them at special … Continue reading Society for American Archaeology 2016
The Archaeology of Ancestors
"A must-have for anyone interested in the role of ancestors in past and present societies."--Mercourios Georgiadis, author of Kos in the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age: The Halasarna Finds and the Aegean Settlement Pattern "Ancestor veneration and manipulation are of great importance to our understanding of societies past and present. This volume will become a … Continue reading The Archaeology of Ancestors
Negotiating Respect
“Breaks new ground by virtue of its thorough exploration of the ongoing negotiations of Pentecostal masculine identities.”—Martin Lindhardt, author of Power in Powerlessness: A Study of Pentecostal Life Worlds in Urban Chile “Provides important insights about why men convert to Pentecostalism, how they derive authority and status in Pentecostal churches, and how at the same … Continue reading Negotiating Respect
Rescuing Our Roots: The African Anglo-Caribbean Diaspora in Contemporary Cuba
.. "Provides invaluable insight into the histories and lives of Cubans who trace their origins to the Anglo-Caribbean."—Robert Whitney, author of State and Revolution in Cuba: Mass Mobilization and Political Change, 1920–1940 . "Adds a missing piece to the existing literature about the renewal of black activism in Cuba, all the while showing the links … Continue reading Rescuing Our Roots: The African Anglo-Caribbean Diaspora in Contemporary Cuba
Race, Ideology, and the Decline of Caribbean Marxism
“Smart, insightful, subtle, provocative, counterintuitive, and often contrarian, vigorously argued, learned, comprehensive, historically rooted, in short, a great read. Maingot invites readers to think on their own; Race, Ideology, and the Decline of Caribbean Marxism is an intellectual feast.”—Jorge I. Dominguez, Harvard University “A stunning book, a must-read for anyone interested in the development and … Continue reading Race, Ideology, and the Decline of Caribbean Marxism
International Archaeology Day 2015
Every year, the Archaeological Institute of America hosts International Archaeology Day to spread the word about the excitement of archaeology to the public. "Archaeology is not well understood," says the AIA. "In 1999, 85% of American adults thought that archaeologists studied dinosaurs." In fact, archaeologists study the material record of the human past—from examining trash heaps and … Continue reading International Archaeology Day 2015
Migration and Disruptions
“Artfully integrates scholarship on both past and present migration. With its thematic focus on disruption, this volume develops unprecedented nuance in the treatment of migration.”—Graciela S. Cabana, coeditor of Rethinking Anthropological Perspectives on Migration “A significant contribution to the social sciences. Migration and Disruptions demonstrates the importance of collaboration and constructive dialogues between the traditional … Continue reading Migration and Disruptions
New Releases in Anthropology
Developing the Dead: Mediumship and Selfhood in Cuban Espiritismo Diana Espírito Santo . “Peels back the layers to explore what Spiritist practice is really about: a project of self-fashioning that challenges Western suppositions about the nature of the self, the body, and its relationship with others, living and dead.”—Kristina Wirtz, author of Ritual, Discourse, and … Continue reading New Releases in Anthropology
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