An important resource for anyone involved in managing waterfront property in Florida, this book explains the concept of living shorelines—nature-based coastal infrastructure and landscaping—and how to implement ecologically-informed shoreline protection in the state.
University of Florida Press
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This book examines the evolution of queer Dominican literary and cultural production from the 1950s to the present, tracing how same-sex desire and gender nonconformity have been negotiated both tacitly and overtly across this time period.
Mission is 14th NASA administrator and US Senator Bill Nelson’s account of his journey on the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1986, featuring Nelson’s early perspectives on the US space program and offering a window into a fascinating time in space history.
Through an analysis of twenty-first-century films created in Latin America, this book makes the case that contemporary filmmakers are using the figure of the father as a metaphor for political leadership and that their work reflects a growing rejection of predatory and coercive authority in the region.
This book presents collaborative bioarchaeological research at the site of a historic Spanish mission outpost in the San Francisco Bay Area, offering insights into the experiences of Native communities during early colonization on California’s Pacific coast.
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 Mexico. Volume 2 contains chapters that include northern and southern Arizona, southwest New Mexico, and northern Mexico.
Exploring the work of avant-garde artists in Cuba from 1940 to 1952, this book provides the first comprehensive history of modern Cuban art during the nation’s only democratic period.
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 Mexico. Volume 1 contains chapters that range from Colorado to central New Mexico and the Lower Pecos region of Texas.
Madagascar from A to Z (English), Madagasikara manomboke A ka hatramy Z (Vezo), Madagascar de A à Z (French) is the second book in the Madagascar from A to Z series, with the first book published in 2018 and honored with the prestigious Mary Ellen LoPresti Publication Award for Excellence in Visual Arts Publishing by ARLIS/NA Southeast in 2019. This new "Vezo edition" highlights the unique plants and animals of the Andavadoaka community in the southwest region of Madagascar. It is one of the only children's books written in the local Vezo dialect, French, and English. This book is used in Madagascar to teach reading in these three languages and instill in children a pride in the unique local flora and fauna and an interest in protecting them.
This volume explores the centrality of the natural world in shaping Brazilian literature, cinema, and art from 1900 to the present, portraying the human connection to nature in the most biodiverse country in the world.