Search Results for 'Barbara A. Purdy'

<em>We Come for Good</em> describes the development and operations of the Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) of the Seminole Tribe of Florida as an example of how tribes can successfully manage and retain authority over the heritage of their respective cultures.

The first book to focus exclusively on how&mdash;and why&mdash;tourism came to define Florida. Offering a concise look at the subject from the 1820s to the present, Tracy Revels demonstrates tourism&rsquo;s relevance to all other major aspects of Florida history, including the Civil War, the land boom, and civil rights.

In recent decades, Latin American countries have sought to modernize their labor market institutions to comply with the demands of globalization. This book evaluates the impact of such neoliberal reforms on labor movements and workers&rsquo; rights in the region through comparative analyses of labor politics in Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Including research from historical archaeologists and a case study of the Fort St. Joseph trading post in Michigan, this innovative work highlights the fur trade's role in the settlement of the continent, its impact on social relations, and how its study can lead to a better understanding of the American experience.

Incorporating data from across six continents and tracing the human experience from the Late Pleistocene to the present, this volume examines transitional periods of cultural and environmental change through the lenses of archaeology and ethnography.

<em>Ditch of Dreams</em> traces the long standing effort to build a canal across Florida.

Tells the story of the power struggle between Claude Pepper and Ed Ball in the 1900s that largely determined the future of Florida. Trustee of the duPont empire, Ed Ball was Florida's most powerful businessman. Pepper, a US senator, was a powerful New Dea