Florida's frontiers / Paul E. Hoffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffman, Paul E., 1943-

Series:

History of the trans-Appalachian frontier.

A history of the trans-appalachian frontier

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frontier and pioneer life--Florida.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Human geography--Florida.

Human geography.

Florida--History--To 1821.

Florida.

Florida--History--1821-1865.

Florida--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (491 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Florida has had many frontiers. Imagination, greed, missionary zeal, disease, war, and diplomacy have shaped its historical boundaries. Bodies of water, soils and their associated floral and faunal ecology, the patterns of Native American occupation, and

Contents:

The secrets of the land

Discovering the secrets

The Spanish tidewater frontier, first phase, 1562-1586

The tidewater frontier, second phase, 1586-1608

The inland frontier, 1608-1650

Death, rebellion, a new accommodation, and new defenses: La Florida's frontiers, 1650-1680

The first contests with the English, 1680-1702

The military frontier, at last, 1702-1763

New tidewater frontiers, 1763-1790

The American frontier envelops east Florida, 1790-1821

The American frontiers, 1821-1860.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-456) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-06618-8

9786612066184

0-253-10878-0

OCLC:

609017024