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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966423103321

Autore

Hoffman Paul E. <1943->

Titolo

Florida's frontiers / / Paul E. Hoffman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2001

ISBN

1-282-06618-8

9786612066184

0-253-10878-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (491 p.)

Collana

A history of the trans-appalachian frontier

Disciplina

975.9

Soggetti

Frontier and pioneer life - Florida

Human geography - Florida

Florida History To 1821

Florida History 1821-1865

Florida Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-456) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The secrets of the land -- Discovering the secrets -- The Spanish tidewater frontier, first phase, 1562-1586 -- The tidewater frontier, second phase, 1586-1608 -- The inland frontier, 1608-1650 -- Death, rebellion, a new accommodation, and new defenses: La Florida's frontiers, 1650-1680 -- The first contests with the English, 1680-1702 -- The military frontier, at last, 1702-1763 -- New tidewater frontiers, 1763-1790 -- The American frontier envelops east Florida, 1790-1821 -- The American frontiers, 1821-1860.

Sommario/riassunto

Florida has had many frontiers. Imagination, greed, missionary zeal, disease, war, and diplomacy have shaped its historical boundaries. Bodies of water, soils and their associated floral and faunal ecology, the patterns of Native American occupation, and