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Dreams in the New Century - Instant Cities, Shattered Hopes, and Florida's Turning Point (Hardcover)
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Dreams in the New Century - Instant Cities, Shattered Hopes, and Florida's Turning Point (Hardcover)
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A leading Florida historian explores one of the state's most
consequential eras. It was a time of stunning episodes of boom and
bust, an era of extremes, a decade of historic changes that point
to Florida's future. In this book, eminent historian Gary Mormino
illuminates early twenty-first-century Florida and its connections
to some of the most significant events in contemporary American
history. Following Mormino's milestone work Land of Sunshine, State
of Dreams, which details the dynamic history of Florida from 1950
to 2000, Dreams in the New Century explores the state's tumultuous
next chapter, a period that included the Bush v. Gore election,
9/11, the housing bubble and Great Recession, and the election of
Barack Obama. During these years the Elian Gonzalez story engrossed
the country, Tim Tebow rose to football fame, and Donald Trump
became a Florida celebrity. From hurricanes to Ponzi schemes, red
tides, climate change, the "Stand-Your-Ground" gun law, demographic
diversity, and more, Florida offered nonstop news fodder that
reflected its extraordinary internal trends and its importance in
the nation. As Mormino shows, Florida is a place of deep
conflicts-North and South, liberal and conservative, newcomer and
local, growth and conservation-with histories that can be traced
back centuries. In 2000-2010, Mormino argues, these tensions
collided to produce a "Big Bang" that will continue to resonate in
years to come. Mormino takes stock of this crucible of change and
explains the social, cultural, and political intricacies of a state
the world struggles to understand. Dreams in the New Century
unravels Florida's complicated recent history in a gripping,
informative, and fascinating narrative.
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