New history of Florida, The

Publication

Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

Library.556

Description

xvi, 480 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Written to observe the sesquicentennial of statehood, this is a comprehensive history of the state of Florida. The book contains 22 chapters, in which the authors present political, economic, military and religious information, as well as social history and personal experiences. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Original inhabitants / Jerald T. Milanich -- First European contacts / Michael Gannon -- Settlement and survival / Eugene Lyon -- Republic of Spaniards, Republic of Indians / Amy Turner Bushnell -- Missions of Spanish Florida / John H. Hann -- Raids, Sieges, and International Wars / Charles W. Arnade -- Pensacola, 1686-1763 / William S. Coker -- British rule in the Floridas / Robin F.A. Fabel -- Second Spanish period in the two Floridas / William S. Coker and Susan R. Parker -- Free and slave / Jane Landers -- Florida's Seminole and Miccosukee peoples / John K. Mahon and Brent R. Weisman -- U.S. Territory and State / Daniel L. Schafer -- Civil War, 1861-1865 / Canter Brown, Jr. -- Reconstruction and renewal, 1865-1877 / Jerrell H. Shofner -- Prelude to the new Florida, 1877-1919 / Samuel Proctor -- Fortune and misfortune : the paradoxical twenties / William W. Rogers -- Great Depression / William W. Rogers -- World War II / Gary R. Mormino -- Florida politics in the Twentieth century / David R. Colburn -- African-American experience in Twentieth-century Florida / Maxine D. Jones -- From migration to multiculturalism : a history of Florida immigration / Raymond A. Mohl and George E. Pozzetta -- Big change in the Sunshine State : a social history of modern Florida / Raymond A. Mohl and Gary R. Mormino.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Florida -- History.

Publication Details

Author

Gannon, Michael, 1927- , editor

Publisher

University Press of Florida

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Gainesville, FL

Call No.

F 311.5 .N49 1996

LCCN

95011055