Table of Contents
Introduction Michael Gannon 1
1 Original Inhabitants Jerald T. Milanich 3
2 First European Contacts Michael Gannon 18
3 The Land They Found Paul E. Hoffman 41
4 Settlement and Survival Eugene Lyon 55
5 Republic of Spaniards, Republic of Indians Amy Turner Bushnell 76
6 The Missions of Spanish Florida John H. Hann 91
7 Raids, Sieges, and International Wars Daniel L. Schafer 112
8 Pensacola, 1686-1763 William S. Coker 128
9 British Rule in the Floridas Robin F. A. Fabel Daniel L. Schafer 144
10 The Second Spanish Period in the Two Floridas Susan Richbourg Parker William S. Coker 162
11 Free and Enslaved Jane Landers 179
12 Florida's Seminole and Miccosukee Peoples Brent R. Weisman 195
13 U.S. Territory and State Daniel L. Schafer 220
14 The Civil War, 1861-1865 Robert A. Taylor 244
15 Reconstruction and Renewal, 1865-1877 Jerrell H. Shofner 260
16 The First Developers Thomas Graham 276
17 Fortune and Misfortune: The Paradoxical 1920s William W. Rogers 296
18 The Great Depression William W. Rogers 313
19 World War II Gary R. Mormino 332
20 Florida by Nature: A Survey of Extrahuman Historical Agency Jack E. Davis 353
21 The Maritime Heritage of Florida Della A. Scott-Ireton Amy M. Mitchell-Cook 389
22 Florida Politics: The State Evolves into One of the Nation's Premier Political Battlegrounds Susan A. MacManus David R. Colburn 415
23 Florida's African American Experience: The Twentieth Century and Beyond Larry Eugene Rivers 444
24 Immigration and Ethnicity in Florida History Raymond A. Mohl George E. Pozzetta 470
25 Boom, Bust, and Uncertainty: A Social History of Modern Florida Raymond A. Mohl Gary R. Mormino 497
List of Contributors 529
Index 533