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When Tobacco Was King
Families, Farm Labor, and Federal Policy in the Piedmont
Price:
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9780813080567
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
This book examines the agriculture of the South's original staple crop in the Old Bright Belt—a diverse region named after the unique bright, or flue-cured, tobacco variety it spawned.
Sherds of History
Domestic Life in Colonial Guadeloupe
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CA$34.95
ISBN: 9780813080581
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
This book examines ceramic artifacts from the island of Guadeloupe to reveal information about daily life in the French colonial Caribbean.
The Letters of George Long Brown
A Yankee Merchant on Florida's Antebellum Frontier
Price:
CA$34.95
ISBN: 9780813080635
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
This book collects previously unpublished letters written by a merchant in north Florida before the Civil War, offering a view of the region's transformation to a market economy due in part to its increased reliance on slavery.
An Introduction to the Sagas of Icelanders
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CA$34.95
ISBN: 9780813080680
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Combining an accessible approach with innovative scholarship, Carl Phelpstead draws on historical context, contemporary theory, and close reading to deepen our understanding of Icelandic saga narratives about the island?s early history.
An Introduction to Jean Bodel
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CA$100.00
ISBN: 9780813079028
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
In this book, Lynn Ramey explores the life and works of Jean Bodel, a twelfth-century French poet, playwright, and epic writer, providing translations and summaries of works never published before in English while delving into Bodel’s historical and cultural context.
Corporeal Readings of Cuban Literature and Art
The Body, the Inhuman, and Ecological Thinking
Price:
CA$106.00
ISBN: 9781683404330
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Examining how Cuban writers and artists have depicted racial, gender, and species differences throughout the past century, this book discusses how their works have emphasized the shared materiality of bodies across diverse media, time periods, and ideologies.
Corporeal Readings of Cuban Literature and Art
The Body, the Inhuman, and Ecological Thinking
Price:
CA$43.95
ISBN: 9781683404415
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Examining how Cuban writers and artists have depicted racial, gender, and species differences throughout the past century, this book discusses how their works have emphasized the shared materiality of bodies across diverse media, time periods, and ideologies.
The Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration
New Deal Public Works, Modernization, and Colonial Reform
Price:
CA$43.95
ISBN: 9781683404309
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
This book explores the history and impact of an important
New Deal program that improved living conditions across Puerto Rico in the wake
of destructive hurricanes and the Great Depression, while at the same time
resulting in a strengthened colonial relationship between the island and the
United States.
Space Policy for the Twenty-First Century
Price:
CA$75.00
ISBN: 9781683404064
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
A foundational resource for both students and professionals, this book provides a comprehensive, accessible overview of major space policies in the United States and a framework through which to analyze them.
Tampa Bay
The Story of an Estuary and Its People
Price:
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9780813080512
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Selling Vero Beach
Settler Myths in the Land of the Aís and Seminole
Price:
CA$36.95
ISBN: 9780813080536
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
This book
explores how settlers from northern states created myths about the Indian River
area on Florida’s Atlantic Coast, importing ideas about the region’s Indigenous
peoples and rewriting its history to market the land to investors and tourists.
Decoding the Codex Borgia
Visual Symbols of Time and Space in Ancient Mexico
Price:
CA$156.00
ISBN: 9780813069920
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
This book explores the rich symbolism of the Codex Borgia, a masterpiece of Precolumbian art dating to the fifteenth century, showing how the manuscript’s intricate and colorful imagery conveys complex ideas related to Mesoamerican myths and religion.
Exploring Ontologies of the Precontact Americas
From Individual Bodies to Bodies of Social Theory
Price:
CA$119.00
ISBN: 9781683404071
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Applying social theory and incorporating non-Western perspectives in the interpretation of bioarchaeological research This volume demonstrates how researchers in bioarchaeology and mortuary archaeology...
From Saloons to Steak Houses
A History of Tampa
Price:
CA$30.95
ISBN: 9780813080727
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
This book takes readers on a journey into Tampa's historic bars, theaters, gambling halls, soup kitchens, clubs, and
restaurants, telling the story of the city’s past through these fascinating social spaces—many of which can’t be found in official histories.
Dressing the Part
Power, Dress, Gender, and Representation in the Pre-Columbian Americas
Price:
CA$51.95
ISBN: 9780813080543
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
"From Olmec costume switching to Peruvian bundle burials we see which types of power were gendered, which symbols or motifs were power filled, and how these symbols were borne by the living and the...
Sustainability in Ancient Island Societies
An Archaeology of Human Resilience
Price:
CA$125.00
ISBN: 9780813069975
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
This volume explores the impacts humans have made on island and coastal ecosystems and the ways these environments have adapted to anthropogenic changes over the course of millennia.
When Tobacco Was King
Families, Farm Labor, and Federal Policy in the Piedmont
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9780813080567
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Sherds of History
Domestic Life in Colonial Guadeloupe
CA$34.95
ISBN: 9780813080581
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
The Letters of George Long Brown
A Yankee Merchant on Florida's Antebellum Frontier
CA$34.95
ISBN: 9780813080635
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
This book collects previously unpublished letters written by a merchant in north Florida before the Civil War, offering a view of the region's transformation to a market economy due in part to its increased reliance on slavery.
An Introduction to the Sagas of Icelanders
CA$34.95
ISBN: 9780813080680
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
An Introduction to Jean Bodel
CA$100.00
ISBN: 9780813079028
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Corporeal Readings of Cuban Literature and Art
The Body, the Inhuman, and Ecological Thinking
CA$106.00
ISBN: 9781683404330
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Corporeal Readings of Cuban Literature and Art
The Body, the Inhuman, and Ecological Thinking
CA$43.95
ISBN: 9781683404415
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
The Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration
New Deal Public Works, Modernization, and Colonial Reform
CA$43.95
ISBN: 9781683404309
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
This book explores the history and impact of an important New Deal program that improved living conditions across Puerto Rico in the wake of destructive hurricanes and the Great Depression, while at the same time resulting in a strengthened colonial relationship between the island and the United States.
Space Policy for the Twenty-First Century
CA$75.00
ISBN: 9781683404064
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Tampa Bay
The Story of an Estuary and Its People
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9780813080512
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Selling Vero Beach
Settler Myths in the Land of the Aís and Seminole
CA$36.95
ISBN: 9780813080536
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
This book explores how settlers from northern states created myths about the Indian River area on Florida’s Atlantic Coast, importing ideas about the region’s Indigenous peoples and rewriting its history to market the land to investors and tourists.
Decoding the Codex Borgia
Visual Symbols of Time and Space in Ancient Mexico
CA$156.00
ISBN: 9780813069920
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Exploring Ontologies of the Precontact Americas
From Individual Bodies to Bodies of Social Theory
CA$119.00
ISBN: 9781683404071
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
From Saloons to Steak Houses
A History of Tampa
CA$30.95
ISBN: 9780813080727
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Dressing the Part
Power, Dress, Gender, and Representation in the Pre-Columbian Americas
CA$51.95
ISBN: 9780813080543
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Sustainability in Ancient Island Societies
An Archaeology of Human Resilience
CA$125.00
ISBN: 9780813069975
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida