A selection of speeches from UF's 11th president Bernie Machen, offering insights on public higher education and its challenges and changes The modern university is a beacon for students, a home for scholars, a hub of culture in the community, an engine of discovery, an economic force-a place of many purposes, all facing change or reinvention. ......
14th NASA administrator and US Senator Bill Nelson's account of an unforgettable Space Shuttle mission In January 1986, US congressman and future NASA leader Bill Nelson flew on the six-day mission of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Nelson conducted medical experiments, including cancer research and the first American stress test in space. ......
Inside knowledge from Florida's fishing greats, showing how the sport has developed in the state over more than a century As one of the most lauded fishing destinations in the United States, boasting world records on varieties of fish, Florida has proven irresistible to the world's top anglers for more than 100 years. Florida's Fishing ......
How contemporary Latin American filmmakers are using the father figure to critique political leadership In this book, through an analysis of twenty-first-century films created in Latin America, Irina Dzero argues that contemporary filmmakers are using the figure of the father as a metaphor for political leadership. Dzero makes the case that ......
How contemporary Latin American filmmakers are using the father figure to critique political leadership In this book, through an analysis of twenty-first-century films created in Latin America, Irina Dzero argues that contemporary filmmakers are using the figure of the father as a metaphor for political leadership. Dzero makes the case that the ......
Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and the Struggle for Black Equality in America
Comparing the lives and goals of two icons of Black resistance One man dreamed of a country united in true racial equality. Another saw this as a nightmare that served only the interest of wealthy white people. Both were sons of Baptist ministers. Both grew up to be icons of the civil rights movement. Integration versus separatism. Martin ......
A wide-ranging synthesis of research illuminating the lives of ancient people who lived in the deserts, mountains, and river valleys of the North American Southwest ? The two volumes of Bioarchaeology of the Southwest bring together more than 100 years of research into the lives of the ancient people of the Southwest United States and Northwest ......
The first book to explore the work of avant-garde artists in Cuba during the nation's years as a democracy Providing the first comprehensive history of modern Cuban art during the 1940s, this book contextualizes the artistic practices, values, and contributions of the first and second generations of avant-garde artists on the island within the ......
The first book to explore the work of avant-garde artists in Cuba during the nation's years as a democracy Providing the first comprehensive history of modern Cuban art during the 1940s, this book contextualizes the artistic practices, values, and contributions of the first and second generations of avant-garde artists on the island within the ......
