Countering the conventional narrative that Florida’s tourism industry suffered during the Great Depression, this book shows that the 1930s were, in reality, the starting point for much that characterizes modern Florida’s tourism. David Nelson argues that state and federal government programs designed to reboot the economy during this decade are crucial to understanding the state today.
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In this book, C. Riley Augé provides a trailblazing archaeological study of magical practice and its relationship to gender in the Anglo-American culture of colonial New England.
In this volume, Sara Potter uses the idea of the muse from Greek mythology and the cyborg from posthuman theory to consider the portrayal of female characters and their bodies in Mexican art and literature from the 1920s to the present, examining genres including science fiction, cyberpunk, and popular fiction.
In <em>Beneath the Ivory Tower</em>, contributors offer a series of case studies to reveal the ways archaeology can offer a more objective view of changes and transformations that have taken place on America's college campuses.
In <em>Uncommonly Savage</em>, award-winning historian Paul Escott considers the impact of internecine violence on memory and ideology, politics, and process of reconciliation.
Spanning 2,273 miles, this is the definitive guide to Florida's more than 500 hiking trails for beginners and advanced hikers alike. With 26 b&w photos, 13 maps.