Search Results for 'Barbara A. Purdy'

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How the New Deal Built Florida Tourism: The Civilian Conservation Corps and State Parks

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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The Archaeology of Magic: Gender and Domestic Protection in Seventeenth-Century New England

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.

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Technified Muses: Reconfiguring National Bodies in the Mexican Avant-Garde

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.

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The Stroessner Regime and Indigenous Resistance in Paraguay

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Vieques, the Navy, and Puerto Rican Politics

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Journeys with Florida's Indians

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Blacks and the American Political System

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Beneath the Ivory Tower: The Archaeology of Academia

In&nbsp;<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.

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Uncommonly Savage: Civil War and Remembrance in Spain and the United States

In&nbsp;<em>Uncommonly Savage</em>, award-winning historian Paul Escott considers the impact of internecine violence on memory and ideology, politics, and process of reconciliation.

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Hiker's Guide to the Sunshine State

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&amp;w photos, 13 maps.