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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

Summarizes 20 years of research in Uganda’s Kibale forest, one of the most important centers for tropical rain forest research, ultimately demonstrating the adverse effects of logging on community structure and other aspects of forest ecology.

There is little to distinguish the pirate from the average sailor in the archaeological record. Virtually every pirate-related site yet excavated would not be identified as such without the accompanying historical record. The contributors to this volume combine both material culture and archival research to confirm the exploits of pirates and the ships they sailed.

A comprehensive treatment of the selection and care of 400 aesthetic and functional plants that can adapt to a coastal site.

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This volume documents the lives and work of pioneering women archaeologists in the southeastern United States from the 1920s through the 1960s.