Gannon, Michael

Florida : A Short History

Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi In the Beginning 1 (149) European Settlement 3 (7) Missions 10 (4) Military and Civil Life 14 (3) Two Decades of British Rule 17 (7) The Second Spanish Period 24 (3) The United States Acquires Florida 27 (1) Territorial Years and Statehood 28 (12) Secession 40 (6) Reconstruction 46 (7) The Bourbon Era 53 (13) Modern Florida Begins 66 (8) World War I and Prohibition 74 (3) Boom in Paradise 77 (9) Racism and Violence 86 (2) Tropical Depression 88 (1) Relief and Recovery 89 (6) Industry and Agriculture 95 (5) World War II 100 (9) Postwar Politics 109 (3) Taking Stock Culturally 112 (6) Florida at Midcentury 118 (5) The Pepper-Smathers Campaign 123 (2) The McCarty and Collins Years 125 (5) The Sixties 130 (5) The Seventies 135 (4) Within Our Memories 139(11) The Past Is Prologue 150(2) Books on Florida History 152(5) Index 157