Finding Florida : the true history of the Sunshine State / / T.D. Allman
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| Autore: |
Allman T. D.
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| Titolo: |
Finding Florida : the true history of the Sunshine State / / T.D. Allman
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Grove Press, , [2013] |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (487 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 975.9 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Florida History |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Prologue: Natures and names -- pt. 1 : Invasive species. Believe it or not ; The Johnny Appleseed of pigs ; Chert ; The fort, not the fountain -- pt. 2 : Coveting Florida. The West Florida Lone Star Butterfly Effect ; The unseen foe ; Americanization at Negro Fort ; Florida's fake history -- pt. 3 : Osceola's head. Governor DuVal's conspiracy ; Defined by massacre ; Jesup's capitulation ; Alternative Floridians -- pt. 4 : Whistling Dixie. Metropolis of the Branded Hand ; Disambiguation ; Empowering the betweenity ; Triumph of violence ; King Ignorance -- pt. 5 : Project future. Pioneers in Paradise ; Swanee ; The total triumph of Walter P. Fraser ; Location, location, location -- pt. 6 : Florida millennium. Theme park universe ; Cities of the future ; A fateful convergence -- Epilogue: No escape from America. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "For generations, the turbulent story of Florida has been distorted and whitewashed. In [this book], T.D. Allman reclaims this remarkable history from the mythmakers, apologists, and boosters"--Dust jacket flap. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Finding Florida |
| ISBN: | 0-8021-2230-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910798636403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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