TY - BOOK AU - Gannon,Michael TI - Florida: a short history SN - 0813026814 (acid-free paper) AV - F311 G198f 2003 U1 - 975.9 22 PY - 2003/// CY - Gainesville PB - University Press of Florida KW - Florida KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-165) and index; In the beginning -- European settlement -- Missions -- Military and civil life -- Two decades of British rule -- The second Spanish period -- The United States acquires Florida -- Territorial years and statehood -- Secession -- Reconstruction -- The Bourbon era -- Modern Florida begins -- World War I and Prohibition -- Boom in paradise -- Racism and violence -- Tropical depression -- Relief and recovery -- Industry and agriculture -- World War II -- Postwar politics -- Taking stock culturally -- Florida at midcentury -- The Pepper-Smathers campaign -- The McCarty and Collins years -- The sixties -- The seventies -- Within our memories -- The past is prologue ER -