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Florida : a short history / Michael Gannon.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Columbus quincentenary seriesPublication details: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2003.Edition: Rev. edDescription: xiii, 182 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0813026814 (acid-free paper)
  • 9780813026817 (acid-free paper)
  • 0813026806 (pbk.)
  • 9780813026800 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 975.9 22
LOC classification:
  • F311 G198f 2003
Contents:
In the beginning -- European settlement -- Missions -- Military and civil life -- Two decades of British rule -- The second Spanish period -- The United States acquires Florida -- Territorial years and statehood -- Secession -- Reconstruction -- The Bourbon era -- Modern Florida begins -- World War I and Prohibition -- Boom in paradise -- Racism and violence -- Tropical depression -- Relief and recovery -- Industry and agriculture -- World War II -- Postwar politics -- Taking stock culturally -- Florida at midcentury -- The Pepper-Smathers campaign -- The McCarty and Collins years -- The sixties -- The seventies -- Within our memories -- The past is prologue.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) F311 G198f 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000055039

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-165) and index.

In the beginning -- European settlement -- Missions -- Military and civil life -- Two decades of British rule -- The second Spanish period -- The United States acquires Florida -- Territorial years and statehood -- Secession -- Reconstruction -- The Bourbon era -- Modern Florida begins -- World War I and Prohibition -- Boom in paradise -- Racism and violence -- Tropical depression -- Relief and recovery -- Industry and agriculture -- World War II -- Postwar politics -- Taking stock culturally -- Florida at midcentury -- The Pepper-Smathers campaign -- The McCarty and Collins years -- The sixties -- The seventies -- Within our memories -- The past is prologue.

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