The Seminoles of Florida (Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series) - Softcover

James W. Covington (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 194737236X ISBN 13: 9781947372368

Publisher: University Press of Florida, 2017

Synopsis

The books in the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series demonstrate the University Press of Florida's long history of publishing Latin American and Caribbean studies titles that connect in and through Florida, highlighting the connections between the Sunshine State and its neighboring islands. Books in this series show how early explorers found and settled Florida and the Caribbean. They tell the tales of early pioneers, both foreign and domestic. They examine topics critical to the area such as travel, migration, economic opportunity, and tourism. They look at the growth of Florida and the Caribbean and the attendant pressures on the environment, culture, urban development, and the movement of peoples, both forced and voluntary.

The Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series gathers the rich data available in these architectural, archaeological, cultural, and historical works, as well as the travelogues and naturalists' sketches of the area prior to the twentieth century, making it accessible for scholars and the general public alike.

The Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series is made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, under the Humanities Open Books program.

About this title

About the Author:

James W. Covington is emeritus Dana Professor of History, University of Tampa, and the author of Story of Southwestern Florida, Under the Minarets, Plant's Palace: Henry Plant and the Tampa Bay Hotel, The Third Seminole War, and The British Meet the Seminoles. He has written some seventy articles about native Americans and about Florida history.

From the Back Cover:

Although the Seminoles and Florida have been linked for many years, the tribe was part of the Creek Confederacy in Alabama and Georgia for a far longer time and was a relatively late arrival on the peninsula: The Apalachees, Caulusas, Timucuans, and other smaller tribes arrived much earlier.

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 194737236X
• ISBN 13: 9781947372368
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 394