History of Florida, A.

Publication

Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

Library.594

Description

xvi, 600 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents: Natural endowments and first inhabitants -- Discovery and exploration -- Florida's first permanent settlement -- Christianizing the Indians -- International rivalry in Florida, 1670-1763 -- The British Floridas -- The second Spanish era, 1784-1821 -- American intrigues and acquisition -- Territorial politics and state-making -- Territorial Florida : a frontier society -- The wars of Indian removal -- A maturing frontier society, 1845-1861 -- Florida enters and leaves the Union, 1845-1861 -- The Civil War in Florida -- Floridians at war, 1861-1865 -- Political reconstruction, 1865-1877 -- New directions in economics and society, 1865-1880 -- The Bourbon era -- The politics of protest and reform, 1884-1896 -- Florida and the War for Cuban Independence -- The Broward era -- Management of natural resources -- Florida during World War I -- Boom-bust-hurricane Twenties -- The Depression and the New Deal -- World War II opens a new era -- Growth, civil rights and the Cuban Revolution -- Protests, exiles and Republican revival -- Stagflation, education and environmentalism -- Rafters, riots, Graham "Crackers" and Republicans -- The "He-coon," the hurricanes and the perils of prosperity -- History as a way of learning : public policy in the 21st century. Includes note and extensive bibliography and index.

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

Tebeau, Charlton W., Marina, William

Edition

3rd ed.

Publisher

University of Miami Press

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Coral Gables, FL

Call No.

F 311 .T42 1999

ISBN

08710243381