Florida

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Summary

Provides a history of Florida, focusing more on the social history than political history of the state

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
In the Beginning	p. 1
European Settlement	p. 3
Missions	p. 10
Military and Civil Life	p. 14
Two Decades of British Rule	p. 17
The Second Spanish Period	p. 24
The United States Acquires Florida	p. 27
Territorial Years and Statehood	p. 28
Secession	p. 40
Reconstruction	p. 46
The Bourbon Era	p. 53
Modern Florida Begins	p. 66
World War I and Prohibition	p. 74
Boom in Paradise	p. 77
Racism and Violence	p. 86
Tropical Depression	p. 88
Relief and Recovery	p. 89
Industry and Agriculture	p. 95
World War II	p. 100
Postwar Politics	p. 109
Taking Stock Culturally	p. 112
Florida at Midcentury	p. 118
The Pepper-Smathers Campaign	p. 123
The McCarty and Collins Years	p. 125
The Sixties	p. 130
The Seventies	p. 135
Within Our Memories	p. 139
The Past is Prologue	p. 150
Books on Florida History	p. 152
Index	p. 157
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