Browse by Subject: History

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Cracker: The Cracker Culture in Florida History

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Florida Plantation Records from the Papers of George Noble Jones

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Green Empire: The St. Joe Company and the Remaking of Florida's Panhandle

This bestselling corporate/environmental history examines how the state's largest landowner has the potential to permanently and drastically alter the landscape, environment, and economic foundation of the northwestern part of the state.

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Paradise Lost? The Environmental History of Florida

This collection of essays surveys the environmental history of the Sunshine State, from Spanish exploration to the present, and provides an organized, detailed overview of the reciprocal relationship between humans and Florida's unique peninsular ecology. 

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For a Great and Grand Purpose: The Beginnings of the AMEZ Church in Florida, 1864-1905

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The Mosquito Wars: A History of Mosquito Control in Florida

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Making Waves: Female Activists in Twentieth-Century Florida

By illuminating the involvement of the state's women in many of these fundamental issues, Making Waves provides a long-overdue chapter in Florida history. It will also contribute to the advancement of the study of women's history by examining women's activism in a variety of contexts and illustrating how this activism was often circumscribed by class and racial bias. 

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Journeys with Florida's Indians

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In the Eye of Hurricane Andrew

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Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms: 1871-2001, Expanded Edition