Today we are proud to publish Nathalie Dessens' Creole City: A Chronicle of Early New American New Orleans. Modern New Orleans is known as a vibrant, cosmopolitan city, symbolizing progress, adventure, and culture. Exploring previously neglected aspects of this city's early nineteenth-century history, Nathalie Dessens opens a window onto antebellum New Orleans during a period of rapid expansion … Continue reading Creole City: A Chronicle of Early American New Orleans
January Review Roundup: Kicking off the New Year
One month's already gone from the new year, but not without some amazing reviews for our authors! The books our authors have worked so hard on have been in the news over 50 times in just a few weeks. We've highlighted just a few of those reviews below so that you can help us celebrate their … Continue reading January Review Roundup: Kicking off the New Year
Sherds of History
This title and all historical archaeology titles are currently discounted in our Conference on Historical & Underwater Archaeology sale. Use code CHUA15 at checkout. Today we proudly publish Myriam Arcangeli's Sherds of History: Domestic Life in Colonial Guadeloupe. "If pots could talk, their most interesting stories would be about ceramic cultures," says Arcangeli in the opening of her book. Ceramics … Continue reading Sherds of History
Ancestors of Worthy Life
This title and all historical archaeology titles are currently discounted in our Conference on Historical & Underwater Archaeology sale. Use code CHUA15 at checkout. Today we publish Teresa S. Moyer's Ancestors of Worthy Life: Plantation Slavery and Black Heritage at Mount Clare. The newest title in our Cultural Heritage Studies Series, Ancestors of Worthy Life examines historic preservation at Baltimore's Mount … Continue reading Ancestors of Worthy Life
The Archaeology of Smoking and Tobacco
This title and all historical archaeology titles are currently discounted in our Conference on Historical & Underwater Archaeology sale. Use code CHUA15 at checkout. We're proud to announce the publication of Georgia L. Fox's The Archaeology of Smoking and Tobacco, a new title in University Press of Florida's The American Experience in Archaeological Perspective Series. Over 1 billion people smoke tobacco … Continue reading The Archaeology of Smoking and Tobacco
Q&A with Daniel Harrison, author of Making Sense of Marshall Ledbetter
Released last month, Making Sense of Marshall Ledbetter: The Dark Side of Political Protest investigates an act of creative crime that has become legend in Florida lore. Early one morning in June 1991, a young man named Marshall Ledbetter broke into the Florida State Capitol building, armed with just an empty whiskey bottle wrapped in a … Continue reading Q&A with Daniel Harrison, author of Making Sense of Marshall Ledbetter
A Desolate Place for a Defiant People
"A compelling story of how alienated people found refuge in the alien landscape of the Great Dismal Swamp."---Randall H. McGuire, author of Archaeology as Political Action "These communities represent a largely unrecognized, alternative declaration of independence. They are a part of world history that is truly revolutionary."---Mark P. Leone, author of The Archaeology of Liberty … Continue reading A Desolate Place for a Defiant People
La Florida
Now available! La Florida: Five Hundred Years of Hispanic Presence Edited by Viviana Díaz Balsera and Rachel A. May Commemorating Juan Ponce de León's landfall on the Atlantic coast of Florida, this ambitious volume explores five centuries of Hispanic presence in the New World peninsula, reflecting on the breadth and depth of encounters between the … Continue reading La Florida
October Review Roundup: Authoberfest
As fall rolls along, our authors continue to impress with their stunning books. Over 100 news stories and magazine articles talked about our books with great excitement. With all of these reviews and tons of author events, October turned into something of an Authoberfest. We celebrate just some highlights below. “From intimate wildlife close-ups … Continue reading October Review Roundup: Authoberfest
Conservative Hurricane
Conservative Hurricane: How Jeb Bush Remade Florida Matthew T. Corrigan Few governors in modern history have altered the balance of power in their states as fundamentally as Jeb Bush did in Florida. Both hailed and reviled as the most consequential governor to be sworn into office in Tallahassee, Bush radically--and perhaps permanently--changed the dynamics of … Continue reading Conservative Hurricane
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