How the New Deal Built Florida Tourism: The Civilian Conservation Corps and State Parks

by David J. Nelson

Book Overview

Florida Historical Society Rembert Patrick Award Florida Book Awards, Silver Medal for Florida Nonfiction 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081308041X
• ISBN13: 9780813080413
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"