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How the New Deal Built Florida Tourism - The Civilian Conservation Corps and State Parks (Hardcover)
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How the New Deal Built Florida Tourism - The Civilian Conservation Corps and State Parks (Hardcover)
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Countering the conventional narrative that Florida's tourism
industry suffered during the Great Depression, this book shows that
the 1930s were, in reality, the starting point for much that
characterizes modern Florida's tourism. David Nelson argues that
state and federal government programs designed to reboot the
economy during this decade are crucial to understanding the state
today. Nelson examines the impact of three connected
initiatives?the federal New Deal, its Civilian Conservation Corps
program (CCC), and the CCC's creation of the Florida Park Service.
He reveals that the CCC designed state parks to reinforce the
popular image of Florida as a tropical, exotic, and safe paradise.
The CCC often removed native flora and fauna, introduced exotic
species, and created artificial landscapes. Nelson discusses how
Florida business leaders benefitted from federally-funded
development and the ways residents and business owners rejected or
supported the commercialization and shifting cultural identity of
their state. A detailed look at a unique era in which the state
government sponsored the tourism industry, helped commodify natural
resources, and boosted mythical ideas of the "Real Florida" that
endure today, this book makes the case that the creation of the
Florida Park Service is the story of modern Florida.
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