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The History of Florida

Name: The History of Florida
Author: Michael Gannon
ISBN: 9780813064017

Edited by Michael Gannon

Published by: University Press of Florida

Twenty-three leading historians offer a wealth of perspectives and expertise on the past 500 years in the Land of Sunshine.

568 Pages6.13 × 9.25

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9780813064017
Published: June 26, 2018

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This is the heralded “definitive history” of Florida. No other book so fully or accurately captures the highs and lows, the grandeur and the craziness, the horrors and the glories of the past 500 years in the Land of Sunshine.

Twenty-three leading historians, assembled by renowned scholar Michael Gannon, offer a wealth of perspectives and expertise to create a comprehensive, balanced view of Florida’s sweeping story. The chapters cover such diverse topics as the maritime heritage of Florida, the exploits of the state’s first developers, the astounding population boom of the twentieth century, and the environmental changes that threaten the future of Florida’s beautiful wetlands.

Celebrating Florida’s role at the center of important historical movements, from the earliest colonial interactions in North America to the nation’s social and political climate today, The History of Florida is an invaluable resource on the complex past of this dynamic state.

Michael Gannon (1927–2017) was a renowned scholar and writer known as the “dean of Florida historians.” A versatile intellectual and a towering figure in his long career at the University of Florida, he authored and edited numerous acclaimed histories. In 2010 he was honored as the winner of the inaugural Florida Lifetime Literary Achievement Award.

Praise for the previous edition:
“A major new history.”—Miami Herald
“A jewel.”—Tallahassee Democrat
“The standard reference.”—Orlando Sentinel
“Florida is as much a state of mind as it is a slice of land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. . . . Florida could become a place of civic texture if we understand its past. Professor Gannon’s book is a good place to begin.”—St. Petersburg Times
“Incorporates much of the new scholarship that has appeared over the last twenty or so years, much of the best of it exploring the lives of African-Americans, Indians, and Florida’s common white folk. . . . For those interested in seeking out the multifaceted aspects of their native or adopted state, this is the place to start.”—Tampa Tribune
“Provide[s] a balanced view of Florida’s sweeping history throughout the centuries.”—Tampa Bay Magazine

Introduction
Michael Gannon

Chapter 1. Original Inhabitants
Jerald T. Milanich

Chapter 2. First European Contacts
Michael Gannon

Chapter 3. The Land They Found
Paul E. Hoffman

Chapter 4. Settlement and Survival
Eugene Lyon

Chapter 5. Republic of Spaniards, Republic of Indians
Amy Turner Bushnell

Chapter 6. The Missions of Spanish Florida
John H. Hann

Chapter 7. Raids, Sieges, and International Wars
Daniel L. Schafer

Chapter 8. Pensacola, 1686–1763
William S. Coker

Chapter 9. British Rule in the Floridas
Robin F. A. Fabel and Daniel L. Schafer

Chapter 10. The Second Spanish Period in the Two Floridas
Susan Richbourg Parker and William S. Coker

Chapter 11. Free and Enslaved
Jane Landers

Chapter 12. Florida’s Seminole and Miccosukee Peoples
Brent R. Weisman

Chapter 13. U.S. Territory and State
Daniel L. Schafer

Chapter 14. The Civil War, 1861–1865
Robert A. Taylor

Chapter 15. Reconstruction and Renewal, 1865–1877
Jerrell H. Shofner

Chapter 16. The First Developers
Thomas Graham

Chapter 17. Fortune and Misfortune: The Paradoxical 1920s
William W. Rogers

Chapter 18. The Great Depression
William W. Rogers

Chapter 19. World War II
Gary R. Mormino

Chapter 20. Florida by Nature: A Survey of Extrahuman Historical Agency
Jack E. Davis

Chapter 21. The Maritime Heritage of Florida
Della A. Scott-Ireton and Amy M. Mitchell-Cook

Chapter 22. Florida Politics: The State Evolves into One of the Nation’s Premier Political Battlegrounds
Susan A. MacManus and David R. Colburn

Chapter 23. Florida’s African American Experience: The Twentieth Century and Beyond
Larry Eugene Rivers

Chapter 24. Immigration and Ethnicity in Florida History
Raymond A. Mohl and George E. Pozzetta

Chapter 25. Boom, Bust, and Uncertainty: A Social History of Modern Florida
Raymond A. Mohl and Gary R. Mormino

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