Paradise lost? : the environmental history of Florida / edited by Jack E. Davis and Raymond Arsenault.

Other author Davis, Jack E., 1956-
Other author Arsenault, Raymond.
Format Book
Publication InfoGainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2005.
Descriptionxiv, 420 pages ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

SeriesThe Florida history and culture series
Florida history and culture series. ^A392400
Contents Between topos and the terrain : a brief survey of Florida environmental writing, 1513-1821 / Thomas Hallock -- An eighteenth-century flower child : William Bartram / Charlotte M. Porter -- A naturalist's place : Archie Carr and the nature of Florida / Frederick R. Davis -- "Improving" paradise : the Civilian Conservation Corps and environmental change in Florida / Dave Nelson -- Water, water everywhere / Christopher F. Meindl -- The Everglades and the Florida dream / David McCally -- The trials and tribulations of Amos Quito : the creation of the Florida Anti-Mosquito Association / Gordon Patterson -- "Nature's navels" : an overview of the many environmental histories of Florida citrus / Christian Warren -- The public storm : hurricanes and the state in twentieth-century America / Raymond Arsenault -- Alligators and plume birds : the despoliation of Florida's living aesthetic / Jack E. Davis -- Blasting through paradise : the construction and consequences of the Tamiami Trail / Gary Garrett -- Lake Apopka : from natural wonder to unnatural disaster / Nano Riley -- "Conservation is now a dead word" : Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the transformation of American environmentalism / Jack E. Davis -- A "monstrous desecration" : dredge and fill in Boca Ciega Bay / Bruce Stephenson -- "We must free ourselves...from the tattered fetters of the booster mentality" : Big Cypress Swamp and the politics of environmental protection in 1970s Florida / Gordon E. Harvey -- "The big ditch" : the rise and fall of the cross-Florida barge canal / Lee Irby.
Local noteLittle-348297--305131054603V
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005042243
ISBN0813028264 (acid-free paper)
ISBN9780813028262 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0813029627 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780813029627 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks GE155.F6 P37 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold