Word of South 2024

We had a great time meeting so many of our readers at our booth at the Word of South Festival this weekend. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to browse our books and chat with us! Here are some highlights from our time at the festival. Florida Book Award Winners Wild Florida: An Animal OdysseyKirsten Hines Florida …

Space Policy for the Twenty-First Century

“First of its kind, a comprehensive introduction to US space policy using the tools of political science and policy analysis in an approachable way. With student interest in space skyrocketing, this is a timely resource for veteran space educators or those wishing to offer new courses in the field.”—David Burbach, US Naval War College  “Provides …

Decoding the Codex Borgia

“Milbrath’s detailed study demonstrates that the scribes who made the Codex Borgia invested its pages with densely layered meanings and astronomical predictions based on careful observations, the complexity of which we are only beginning to grasp.”—Andrew D. Turner, coeditor of Flower Worlds: Religion, Aesthetics, and Ideology in Mesoamerica and the American Southwest   Decoding the Codex Borgia: …

SAA 2024 Conference and Archaeology Book Sale

We attended this year's meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in New Orleans, Louisiana from April 17 to 21, 2024. Although the meeting is over, our virtual booth is open through July 31, 2024 and offers great deals on our archaeology titles. Use code SAA24 for discount prices and free shipping within the US for orders over $75. …

Selling Vero Beach

“A lively exploration of how dreamers and schemers constructed a mythical Florida past. Shefveland offers a compelling story of how Indigenous peoples were written out of Florida’s history by developers who created today’s Sunshine State.”—Nathaniel Osborn, author of Indian River Lagoon: An Environmental History  “A master class in how historical memory abets settler colonialism in the …

Spring Book Sale 2024

Shop the University Press of Florida and UF Press Spring Sale! Visit our website to browse all of our books and use code 24SPR at checkout for discount prices and free shipping within the US for orders over $75. You can also place your order by calling 800.226.3822. Sale ends June 30, 2024. Looking for reading suggestions? Check out …

Sustainability in Ancient Island Societies

“This volume represents a shift away from narratives that focus on the negative and destructive impacts people have had on island ecosystems. Applying an historical ecological framework, this book celebrates the creative adaptive strategies employed by past groups and offers insight and inspiration for a more sustainable future.”—Jeffrey B. Glover, Georgia State University   “By highlighting …

El Perú-Waka’

“Compiles years of research at an important and strategically situated Maya city, synthesizing archaeological and epigraphic data to provide a compelling narrative of life at the site. Notably, this volume places people at the center of archaeological interpretation of the past, highlighting the lives and afterlives of the city’s inhabitants, alongside the other-than-human agency imbued …

Indigenizing Archaeology

This volume is available in an open access digital version. Access the free digital version here or through your preferred eBook reader.  “Provides important insights, ideas, and practical examples from the next generation of Indigenous archaeologists. It’s exciting to see these conversations and methodological commitments coming forward to inform future decades of archaeological practice.”—Sonya Atalay, coeditor of Archaeologies …

In Praise of Florida’s Food Festivals

By Dalia Colón, author of The Florida Vegetarian Cookbook Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you who you are. Nearly two centuries after French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin penned these words, they still ring true. Food is so much more than fuel. It’s a way of preserving our culture, history, and values. In …