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Balancing Evils Judiciously: the Proslavery Writings of Zephaniah Kingsley
The Proslavery Writings of Zephaniah Kingsley
Av University Press of Florida, Daniel W. Stowell m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
227 kr
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MAKING WAVES: FEMALE ACTIVISTS in TWENTIETH-CENTURY FLORIDA
Female Activists in Twentieth-Century Florida
Av University Press of Florida, Jack Emerson Davis m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
304 kr
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"These essays lift up the lives of outstanding Florida women who helped shape the course of 20th-century Florida."--James B. Crooks, University of North Florida From Ruth Bryan Owen, Florida's first congresswoman, and Mary McLeod Bethune, founder of Bethune-Cookman College, to Betty Mae Tiger …
Paradise Lost?
The Environmental History of Florida
Av Jack E. Davis, Raymond Arsenault
Häftad, 2005
313 kr
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A collection of essays that surveys the environmental history of the Sunshine State, from Spanish exploration onwards. It also provides a detailed overview of the reciprocal relationship between humans and Florida's peninsular ecology.
New Deal in South Florida
Design, Policy, and Community Building, 1933-1940
Av University Press of Florida
Inbunden, 2008
354 kr
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The New Deal sought to restore national economic strength in part by reallocating resources and restructuring local landscapes. Few parts of the country were transformed as significantly as South Florida.Blurring the traditional disciplinary boundaries of design history and political science, the …
Voices of the Apalachicola
Av Faith Eidse
Häftad, 2007
300 kr
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One of the main water resources for Florida, Alabama, and Georgia, the Apalachicola River begins where the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers meet at Lake Seminole and flow unimpeded for 106 miles, through the red hills and floodplains of the Florida panhandle into the Gulf of Mexico. ""Voices of the …
Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams
A Social History of Modern Florida
Häftad, 2008
300 kr
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Florida is a story of astonishing growth, a state swelling from 500,000 residents at the outset of the 20th century to some 16 million at the end. As recently as mid-century, on the eve of Pearl Harbor, Florida was the smallest state in the South. At the dawn of the millennium, it is the fourth …
Tropic of Cracker
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 2009
268 kr
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Suitable for anyone who loves the old Florida and has hope for the new.
Hitler's Soldiers in the Sunshine State
German POWs in Florida
Häftad, 2009
227 kr
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"They were Uncle Sam's smiling workers and they looked like all-American boys. There were at least 10,000 of them, deployed in 25 Florida camps between 1942 and 1946. They were also members of the Wehrmacht, Hitler's armed forces."-- Forum "Most Americans were unaware their government was housing …
Embry-Riddle at War
Aviation Training During World War II
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 2010
284 kr
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Key to the training of military pilots in World War II was the Miami-based Embry-Riddle Company, which cornered the professional aviation training market during the war years and became the standard for training pilots as well as instructors, mechanics, and aircraft factory workers. ""Embry Riddle …
Paving Paradise
Florida's Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net Loss
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 2010
290 kr
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Florida possesses more wetlands than any other state except Alaska, yet since 1990 more than 84,000 acres have been lost to development - despite presidential pledges to protect them. In this hard-hitting book, ""St. Petersburg Times"" investigative journalists Craig Pittman and Matthew Waite …
Jacksonville
The Consolidation Story, from Civil Rights to the Jaguars
Häftad, 2019
284 kr
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In the 1950s and '60s Jacksonville faced daunting problems. Critics described city government as boss-ridden, expensive, and corrupt. African Americans challenged racial segregation, and public high schools were disaccredited. The St. Johns River and its tributaries were heavily polluted. Downtown …
Sunshine Paradise
A History of Florida Tourism
Häftad, 2020
227 kr
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How tourism shaped the Sunshine State.For nearly two hundred years, Floridians have eagerly exploited tourism as the key to economic prosperity. As a result, the state has constantly reshaped and remodeled itself as different types of tourist heavens, and many aspects of its history have become …
Hidden Seminoles
Julian Dimock's Historic Florida Photographs
Av Jerald T. Milanich, Nina J. Root
Inbunden, 2027
529 kr
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A visual journey into turn-of-the-century south Florida offering insights into Seminole life and historyIn April 1905, A. W. Dimock, a New York financier, and his thirty-one-year-old son Julian motored their boat across Chokoloskee Bay. They docked at George Storter's store in the small outpost of …
Cassadaga
The South's Oldest Spiritualist Community
Av John J. Guthrie, Phillip Charles Lucas m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
334 kr
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The story of a small Florida community that has drawn spiritual seekers for over 125 yearsCalling itself a "metaphysical mecca," the small town of Cassadaga, between Orlando and Daytona Beach in central Florida, was established more than 125 years ago on the principle of continuous life, the idea …
Most Disorderly Court
Scandal and Reform in the Florida Judiciary
Häftad, 2026
282 kr
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A compelling story of scandal and reform at the highest levels of state governmentIn the 1970s, justices on the Florida Supreme Court were popularly elected. But a number of scandals threatened to topple the court until public outrage led to profound reforms and fundamental changes in the way …
Claude Pepper and Ed Ball
Politics, Purpose, and Power
Häftad, 2026
273 kr
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The story of a power struggle that dominated Florida politics for decadesThe power struggle between Claude Pepper and Ed Ball in the mid-twentieth century impacted the future of Florida. This lively account of their interlocking careers—both dominated by a personal quest for power, money, and …
New Deal in South Florida
Design, Policy, and Community Building, 1933-1940
Av John A. Stuart, John F. Stack
Häftad, 2026
280 kr
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Revealing how the New Deal impacted South Florida's design and developmentThe New Deal sought to restore national economic strength in part by reallocating resources and restructuring local landscapes. Few parts of the country were transformed as significantly as South Florida.Blurring the …
Come to My Sunland
Letters of Julia Daniels Moseley from the Florida Frontier, 1882-86
Av Julia Daniels Moseley, Julia Winifred Moseley
Inbunden, 1998
366 kr
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This collection of letters - mainly to her husband, who made frequent business trips north, and her friend Eliza Slade - reveal the struggle of a cultured, urban woman adjusting to the hardships and isolation of life in pioneer Florida.
Everglades
An Environmental History
Inbunden, 2000
739 kr
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This work, aimed at general readers and environmentalists alike, offers a dicussion of the formation, development and history of the Everglades, considered by many to be the most endangered ecosystem in North America. It begins with South Florida's geological origins and continues through the 20th …
Government in the Sunshine State
Florida Since Statehood
Av David R. Colburn, Lance deHaven-Smith
Inbunden, 1999
238 kr
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Addressing how the diversity in nationality of its population has shaped government, the authors of this book offer a history of the State's political development over the last 150 years and the issues facing it today.
Tropic of Cracker
Av Al Burt
Inbunden, 1999
311 kr
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One man's vision of a state struggling to remain true to itself. The text mixes new essays with a span of earlier ones, and the Crackers of whom Al Burt tells are men and women from Apalachicola to the Everglades, from Tallahassee to the Keys.
Cassadaga
The South's Oldest Spiritualist Community
Av John J. Guthrie Jr, John J. Guthrie m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
345 kr
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The small town of Cassadaga in Florida is one of the oldest continuously active spiritualist centres in the South. After presenting an overview of 19th-century religion, this work explores the town's early years, architecture, ritual life, core beliefs, healing work and view of the future.
Claude Pepper and Ed Bell
Politics, Purpose and Power
Inbunden, 2000
426 kr
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The power struggle between Claude Pepper and Ed Ball in the mid-20th century in large part determined the future of Florida. This account of their interlocking careers - both dominated by a quest for power, money and purpose - illuminates the historical role of these two personalities.
Everglades
An Environmental History
Häftad, 2000
217 kr
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This work, aimed at general readers and environmentalists alike, offers a dicussion of the formation, development and history of the Everglades, considered by many to be the most endangered ecosystem in North America. It begins with South Florida's geological origins and continues through the 20th …
Miami, U.S.a.
Av Helen Muir
Häftad, 2000
282 kr
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Helen Muir's affectionate account of Miami and its surrounding area first appeared in 1953, and has grown through several revisions. This work is the latest edition, exploring the city's history, from its days as a trading post to the millennium.
Wide Brim
Early Poems and Ponderings of Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Av Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Jack Emerson Davis
Inbunden, 2002
330 kr
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Often described as the savior of the Everglades, Marjory Stoneman Douglas is best known for having been Florida's most passionate environmentalist, but she was first, foremost, and always a writer. As the author of fiction and nonfiction books, most notably The Everglades: River of Grass, and …
