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The sunshine economy : an economic history of Florida since the Civil War

Title
The sunshine economy : an economic history of Florida since the Civil War / William B. Stronge.
Author
Stronge, William B.
Publication
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2008.

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Description
xxi, 334 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-329) and index.
Contents
1900 : A Western economy in a Southern setting -- The transfer of public lands -- Developing the rail network -- Sunshine agriculture before 1900 -- Tourism before 1930 -- The 1920s : urbanization, boom, and collapse -- 1930 : a frontier economy with a sunshine sector -- 1930-1945 : depression, recovery, and war -- 1945-1960 : postwar readjustment and boom -- 1960 : the rise of the sunshine economy -- The 1960s and 1970s : slowdown, boom, and recession -- 1980 : a Northern population in a Southern setting -- The 1980s and 1990s : economic strength and slowdown -- 2000 : a tourism-retirement economy -- The future economic development of Florida -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Call Number
JBE 08-915
ISBN
  • 9780813032016 (alk. paper)
  • 0813032016 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2007044700
OCLC
180575526
Author
Stronge, William B.
Title
The sunshine economy : an economic history of Florida since the Civil War / William B. Stronge.
Imprint
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-329) and index.
Research Call Number
JBE 08-915
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