Finding Florida: the true history of the sunshine state
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New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2013].
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9780802120762, 0802120768
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Published
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2013].
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xvii, 556 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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9780802120762, 0802120768

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For generations the turbulent story of Florida has been distorted and whitewashed. In Finding Florida, T.D. Allman reclaims this remarkable history from the mythmakers, apologists, and boosters. Finding Florida traces the discovery, exploration and settlement of Florida, under the Spanish, French and British starting in the sixteenth-century. It shows the nineteenth century American maneuvers to take over the coveted territory, the importation of slaves, the propagation of racism following Andrew Jackson's military campaigns and the terrible vilence of the Seminole Wars. Florida became a state in 1845; sixteen years later it would secede. In Florida, Allman writes, there were two Civil Wars. First was the actual war, with little fighting in Florida. Then came the imaginary one, created by Floridians who reframed brutality and ruin as a selfless struggle to defend a noble cause. In the late 19th and 20th centuries, Florida was sold as paradise, with tourism now as the dominant way to generate income. Palm Beach, Key West, Miami, Tampa, and Orlando boomed, fortunes were won and lost, land was stolen and flipped, and millions arrived.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Allman, T. D. (2013). Finding Florida: the true history of the sunshine state (First edition.). Atlantic Monthly Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Allman, T. D. 2013. Finding Florida: The True History of the Sunshine State. Atlantic Monthly Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Allman, T. D. Finding Florida: The True History of the Sunshine State Atlantic Monthly Press, 2013.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Allman, T. D. Finding Florida: The True History of the Sunshine State First edition., Atlantic Monthly Press, 2013.

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