An important resource for anyone involved in managing waterfront property in Florida, this book explains the concept of living shorelines—nature-based coastal infrastructure and landscaping—and how to implement ecologically-informed shoreline protection in the state.
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In Miami’s Art Boom, art critic Elisa Turner captures the evolution of Miami’s visual arts community before and after the inaugural Art Basel Miami Beach, revealing how local artists, galleries, and museums transformed the city into a hub of global artistic exchange.
This guidebook highlights 43 intriguing, little-known destinations in the northern part of the Florida panhandle that reflect the stories and communities of the region and show what makes this area of the state unique.
This book recounts two stories of small-town injustice that rose to national prominence at the end of the Reagan era and forced a reckoning with the staying power of social division and prejudice.
Cow Creek Chronicles explores the history of cattle ranching in Florida through the century-long saga of the Raulerson family, pioneers who moved south to Florida during the 1800s and built a cattle empire between Fort Pierce and Okeechobee.
This book tells the story of the fight to restore voting rights to people with past felony convictions in Florida. Daniel Rivero details the advocacy and action that helped 1.4 million people gain the right to vote—and the obstacles still preventing them from doing so.
This book explores how World War II transformed Florida into a major hub of military industry and an important training base for ground, naval, and air forces, detailing the war’s lasting impacts on the state.
This coming-of-age memoir explores the relationship between a daughter, her mother, and the other mothers present in their lives, revealing a young woman grappling with complex messages about who she is permitted—or destined—to become.
This book tells the story of Fort Mose, the first legally sanctioned free Black community in what is now the United States, highlighting a courageous group of people of African descent who realized their vision of self-determination before the American Revolution.
This comprehensive volume traces over 200 years of constitutional traditional in Florida, examining constitutions drafted in the state from the territorial era to the most recent version from 1968.