Some Kind of Paradise
by Derr, MarkFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-09-01
Publisher(s): Univ Pr of Florida
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Summary
For 500 years, visitors to Florida have discovered magic. In Some Kind of Paradise, an eloquent social and environmental history of the state, Mark Derr describes how this exotic land is fast becoming a victim of its own allure. Written with both tenderness and alarm, Derr's book presents competing views of Florida: a paradise to be protected and nurtured or a frontier to be exploited and conquered.
Table of Contents
| List of Maps | p. 8 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 9 |
| Prologue | p. 13 |
| The End of the Line | p. 17 |
| The American Riviera | p. 37 |
| Alligators and Oranges | p. 63 |
| The Middle Kingdom | p. 86 |
| A Scarred and Barren Land | p. 109 |
| Life on the Wet Frontier | p. 130 |
| "Water Will Run Downhill" | p. 151 |
| Fool's Gold | p. 175 |
| Tropical Sandbar | p. 198 |
| Fatal Fantasies | p. 225 |
| A Natural Eye | p. 250 |
| The Seminole War | p. 271 |
| A Slave State | p. 294 |
| Rising from the Ruins | p. 312 |
| Florida Takes Off | p. 336 |
| In Defense of the Environment | p. 353 |
| Tomorrowland, Today | p. 374 |
| Notes | p. 391 |
| Bibliographical Note | p. 399 |
| Index | p. 405 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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