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Book Florida 2006

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. Staff
  • Publisher : Fodor's
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9781400015429
  • Pages : 706 pages

Download or read book Florida 2006 written by Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. Staff and published by Fodor's. This book was released on 2005 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the top United States destinations--Florida--is now updated in this guide. The warm-weather location features prime attractions, from shopping to snorkeling and diving to sidewalk cafes. Maps.

Book The Swamp

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  • Author : Michael Grunwald
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2007-03-27
  • ISBN : 0743251075
  • Pages : 494 pages

Download or read book The Swamp written by Michael Grunwald and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-03-27 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prize-winning r"Washington Post" reporter tells the story of the Florida Everglades, from its beginnings as 4,500 off-putting square miles of natural liquid wasteland to the ecological mess it has become. Photos.

Book Florida Gators

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  • Author : The Gainesville Sun
  • Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
  • Release : 2006-04
  • ISBN : 9781596700871
  • Pages : 130 pages

Download or read book Florida Gators written by The Gainesville Sun and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fl Gators

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  • Author : Gainesville Sun
  • Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 9781596702622
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Fl Gators written by Gainesville Sun and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gators football fans can continue the celebration of their team's 2006 BCS championship in this dazzling full-color book. Through stories and photos from the pages of The Gainesville Sun the book takes an indepth look at the Gator's amazing season, while recapping their dominating 41-14 win over top-ranked Ohio State in the BCS championship game. A YEAR FOR THE GATORS Florida Gators - 2006 BCS National Champions is full of exciting full-color photos, taking fans through the great moments of the Gator's incredible season. Included are statistics and game recaps from The Gainesville Sun for all of the season's biggest games, including the early-season triumph at Tennessee, as well as complete coverage of the SEC championship game. In addition to complete game coverage, fantastic player profiles are included that feature the Gator's biggest stars and Coach Urban Meyer. The ultimate keepsake, this book will make a great gift for any fan of the national champion Florida G

Book Transatlantic Trade and Global Cultural Transfers Since 1492

Download or read book Transatlantic Trade and Global Cultural Transfers Since 1492 written by Martina Kaller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to new plants and consumer goods such as sugar, tobacco, and chocolate from the beginning of the sixteenth century onwards would massively change the way people lived, especially in how and what they consumed. While global markets were consequently formed and provided access to these new commodities that increasingly became important in the ‘Old World’, especially with regard to the establishment early modern consumer societies. This book brings together specialists from a range of historical fields to analyse the establishment of these commodity chains from the Americas to Europe as well as their cultural implications.

Book The Yamasee Indians

    Book Details:
  • Author : Denise I. Bossy
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 2022-04
  • ISBN : 1496230388
  • Pages : 370 pages

Download or read book The Yamasee Indians written by Denise I. Bossy and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022-04 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeologists of South Carolina and Florida and historians of the Native South, Spanish Florida, and British Carolina address elusive questions about Yamasee identity, political and social networks, and the fate of the Yamasees after the Yamasee War.

Book Florida Railroads in the 1920s

Download or read book Florida Railroads in the 1920s written by Gregg Turner and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florida's railroads emerged in the 1830s amid Native American upheaval and territorial colonization. Many periods of development marked this fascinating heritage, but one era towers above the rest: the 1920s. It was then that Florida experienced a colossal land boom, one of the greatest migration and building stories in American history. People poured into the state as never before, real estate traded hands at breakneck speed, and the landscape added countless new homes, hotels, apartments, and commercial buildings. Florida's biggest railroads--the Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, and Florida East Coast--were unprepared for the tidal wave of traffic. Thus, the "Big Three" had to rapidly expand and increase capacity. Dozens of projects unfolded at great cost, by one estimate over $100 million. When the building frenzy ended, the railway map of the state stood at its greatest extent--some 5,700 miles. Further, the frequency of railway service within and to the Sunshine State reached an unprecedented level, never again to be repeated.

Book International Migration in Cuba

Download or read book International Migration in Cuba written by Margarita Cervantes-Rodríguez and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-08-26 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the arrival of the Spanish conquerors at the beginning of the colonial period, Cuba has been hugely influenced by international migration. Between 1791 and 1810, for instance, many French people migrated to Cuba in the wake of the purchase of Louisiana by the United States and turmoil in Saint-Domingue. Between 1847 and 1874, Cuba was the main recipient of Chinese indentured laborers in Latin America. During the nineteenth century as a whole, more Spanish people migrated to Cuba than anywhere else in the Americas, and hundreds of thousands of slaves were taken to the island. The first decades of the twentieth century saw large numbers of immigrants and temporary workers from various societies arrive in Cuba. And since the revolution of 1959, a continuous outflow of Cubans toward many countries has taken place—with lasting consequences. In this book, the most comprehensive study of international migration in Cuba ever undertaken, Margarita Cervantes-Rodríguez aims to elucidate the forces that have shaped international migration and the involvement of the migrants in transnational social fields since the beginning of the colonial period. Drawing on Fernand Braudel’s concept of longue durée, transnational studies, perspectives on power, and other theoretical frameworks, the author places her analysis in a much wider historical and theoretical perspective than has previously been applied to the study of international migration in Cuba, making this a work of substantial interest to social scientists as well as historians.

Book Florida Public Documents

Download or read book Florida Public Documents written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Democracy Abroad  Lynching at Home

Download or read book Democracy Abroad Lynching at Home written by Tameka Bradley Hobbs and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2016-10-13 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hobbs unearths four lynchings that are critical to the understanding of the origins of civil rights in Florida. The oral histories from the victims' families and those in the communities make this a valuable contribution to African American, Florida, and civil rights history."--Derrick E. White, author of The Challenge of Blackness "A compelling reminder of just how troubling and violent the Sunshine State's racial past has been. A must read."--Irvin D.S. Winsboro, editor of Old South, New South, or Down South? Florida is frequently viewed as an atypical southern state--more progressive and culturally diverse--but, when examined in proportion to the number of African American residents, it suffered more lynchings than any of its Deep South neighbors during the Jim Crow era. Investigating this dark period of the state's history and focusing on a rash of anti-black violence that took place during the 1940s, Tameka Hobbs explores the reasons why lynchings continued in Florida when they were starting to wane elsewhere. She contextualizes the murders within the era of World War II, contrasting the desire of the United States to broadcast the benefits of its democracy abroad while at home it struggled to provide legal protection to its African American citizens. As involvement in the global war deepened and rhetoric against Axis powers heightened, the nation's leaders became increasingly aware of the blemish left by extralegal violence on America's reputation. Ultimately, Hobbs argues, the international implications of these four murders, along with other antiblack violence around the nation, increased pressure not only on public officials in Florida to protect the civil rights of African Americans in the state but also on the federal government to become more active in prosecuting racial violence.

Book Gator Tales

    Book Details:
  • Author : Julian M. Pleasants
  • Publisher : University Press of Florida
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9780813030548
  • Pages : 364 pages

Download or read book Gator Tales written by Julian M. Pleasants and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2006 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the earliest days in Gainesville, to milestones in campus expansion and institutional growth, to the infamous Johns Committee, the Vietnam War, and civil rights protests, to Gator athletics, this lively, anecdotal history provides an intimate look at the university's last 100 years. Of the many people who made the university, UF's 13 presidents, with their talents and initiatives, provide a colorful introduction to a remarkable century's progress. Beyond the administrative history of the first 100 years, Gator Tales features extended interviews with nine notable individuals whose influences extend from within UF to the broader worlds of business, law, and sports including Ray Graves, Otis Boggs, Tracy Caulkins, Steve O'Connell, John Lombardi, Manny Fernandez, and Stephan Mickle. Each interview opens a window onto a particular time and set of challenges in the history of UF, while reflecting the personal qualities that enabled each individual to have a substantial impact on both colleagues and the institution itself. administrators, athletes, and students, Gator Tales is a tapestry of personalities and participants in the evolution of UF from a small provincial campus to a major university - an entertaining, fascinating centennial read for Gators everywhere.

Book Treatise on Slavery

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alonso de Sandoval
  • Publisher : Hackett Publishing
  • Release : 2008-03-14
  • ISBN : 1603840443
  • Pages : 242 pages

Download or read book Treatise on Slavery written by Alonso de Sandoval and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2008-03-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In De instauranda Aethiopum salute (1627)--the earliest known book-length study of African slavery in the colonial Americas--Jesuit priest Alonso de Sandoval described dozens of African ethnicities, their languages, and their beliefs, and provided an exposé of the abuse of slaves in the Americas. This collection of previously untranslated selections from Sandoval's book is an invaluable resource for understanding the history of the African diaspora, slavery in colonial Latin America, and the role of Christianity in the formation of the Spanish Empire; it also provides insights into early modern European concepts of race. A general Introduction and headnotes to each selection provide cultural, historical, and religious context; copious footnotes identify terms and references that may be unfamiliar to modern readers. A map and an index are also provided.

Book River of Hope

    Book Details:
  • Author : Elizabeth Gritter
  • Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
  • Release : 2014-02-20
  • ISBN : 0813144752
  • Pages : 381 pages

Download or read book River of Hope written by Elizabeth Gritter and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-02-20 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the largest southern cities and a hub for the cotton industry, Memphis, Tennessee, was at the forefront of black political empowerment during the Jim Crow era. Compared to other cities in the South, Memphis had an unusually large number of African American voters. Black Memphians sought reform at the ballot box, formed clubs, ran for office, and engaged in voter registration and education activities from the end of the Civil War through the Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954. In this groundbreaking book, Elizabeth Gritter examines how and why black Memphians mobilized politically in the period between Reconstruction and the beginning of the civil rights movement. Gritter illuminates, in particular, the efforts and influence of Robert R. Church Jr., an affluent Republican and founder of the Lincoln League, and the notorious Memphis political boss Edward H. Crump. Using these two men as lenses through which to view African American political engagement, this volume explores how black voters and their leaders both worked with and opposed the white political machine at the ballot box. River of Hope challenges persisting notions of a "Solid South" of white Democratic control by arguing that the small but significant number of black southerners who retained the right to vote had more influence than scholars have heretofore assumed. Gritter's nuanced study presents a fascinating view of the complex nature of political power during the Jim Crow era and provides fresh insight into the efforts of the individuals who laid the foundation for civil rights victories in the 1950s and '60s.

Book Technological Innovation for Sustainability

Download or read book Technological Innovation for Sustainability written by Luis M. Camarinha-Matos and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second IFIP WG 5.5/SOCOLNET Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems, DoCEIS 2011, held in Costa de Caparica, Portugal, in February 2011. The 67 revised full papers were carefully selected from numerous submissions. They cover a wide spectrum of topics ranging from collaborative enterprise networks to microelectronics. The papers are organized in topical sections on collaborative networks, service-oriented systems, computational intelligence, robotic systems, Petri nets, sensorial and perceptional systems, sensorial systems and decision, signal processing, fault-tolerant systems, control systems, energy systems, electrical machines, and electronics.

Book Conservation

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  • Author : Alison Richmond
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2010-07-15
  • ISBN : 1136441697
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book Conservation written by Alison Richmond and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-07-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Conservation ethics and principles, such as minimum intervention, integrity and authenticity of an object, addressed from a wide range of professional and academic viewpoints, including contributions from curators, museology theorists and philosophers * Theory and principles presented and analysed both from a Western perspective and outside the boundaries of North America and Europe * Brings together conservation theory relevant to collections, historic buildings, monuments and archaeological sites

Book Jefferson s Treasure

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gregory May
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2018-08-07
  • ISBN : 1621577643
  • Pages : 546 pages

Download or read book Jefferson s Treasure written by Gregory May and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Washington had Alexander Hamilton. Thomas Jefferson had Albert Gallatin. From internationally known tax expert and former Supreme Court law clerk Gregory May comes this long overdue biography of the remarkable immigrant who launched the fiscal policies that shaped the early Republic and the future of American politics. Not Alexander Hamilton---Albert Gallatin. To this day, the fight over fiscal policy lies at the center of American politics. Jefferson's champion in that fight was Albert Gallatin---a Swiss immigrant who served as Treasury Secretary for twelve years because he was the only man in Jefferson's party who understood finance well enough to reform Alexander Hamilton's system. A look at Gallatin's work---repealing internal taxes, restraining government spending, and repaying public debt---puts our current federal fiscal problems in perspective. The Jefferson Administration's enduring achievement was to contain the federal government by restraining its fiscal power. This was Gallatin's work. It set the pattern for federal finance until the Civil War, and it created a culture of fiscal responsibility that survived well into the twentieth century.