Reviews

Author: 
Daniel W. Aldridge
Reviewer: 
Thomas Castillo

Castillo on Aldridge, 'Becoming American: The African American Quest for Civil Rights, 1861-1976'

Daniel W. Aldridge. Becoming American: The African American Quest for Civil Rights, 1861-1976. Wheeling: Harlan Davidson, 2011. xv + 381 pp. + 10 pp. of plates. $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-88295-280-2.

Reviewed by Thomas Castillo (University of Maryland) Published on H-Florida (February, 2012) Commissioned by Jeanine A. Clark Bremer

Author: 
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Reviewer: 
Bryan Rindfleisch

Rindfleisch on Stowe, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin: Or Life among the Lowly'

Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin: Or Life among the Lowly. Edited by David S. Reynolds. Ilustrated by Hammatt Billings. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Illustrations. 608 pp. $24.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-984143-1.

Reviewed by Bryan Rindfleisch (University of Oklahoma) Published on H-Florida (December, 2011) Commissioned by Jeanine A. Clark Bremer

Author: 
Cathleen D. Cahill
Reviewer: 
Jonathan H. Grandage

Grandage on Cahill, 'Federal Fathers and Mothers: A Social History of the United States Indian Service, 1869-1933)'

Cathleen D. Cahill. Federal Fathers and Mothers: A Social History of the United States Indian Service, 1869-1933). Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2011. xv + 368 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8078-3472-5.

Reviewed by Jonathan H. Grandage (Florida State University) Published on H-Florida (October, 2011) Commissioned by Jeanine A. Clark Bremer

Author: 
James M. Woods
Reviewer: 
Scott Lebowitz

Lebowitz on Woods, 'A History of the Catholic Church in the American South, 1513-1900'

James M. Woods. A History of the Catholic Church in the American South, 1513-1900. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2011. 512 pp. $69.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-3532-1.

Reviewed by Scott Lebowitz (Florida Atlantic University) Published on H-Florida (October, 2011) Commissioned by Jeanine A. Clark Bremer

Author: 
Douglas A. Boyd
Reviewer: 
Randall Gooden

Gooden on Boyd, 'Crawfish Bottom: Recovering a Lost Kentucky Community'

Douglas A. Boyd. Crawfish Bottom: Recovering a Lost Kentucky Community. Kentucky Remembered: An Oral History Series. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2011. 236 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8131-3408-6.

Reviewed by Randall Gooden (Clayton State University) Published on H-Florida (September, 2011) Commissioned by Jeanine A. Clark Bremer

Author: 
Craig Pittman
Reviewer: 
Steven G. Noll

Noll on Pittman, 'Manatee Insanity: Inside the War over Florida's Most Famous Endangered Species'

Craig Pittman. Manatee Insanity: Inside the War over Florida's Most Famous Endangered Species. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2010. x + 444 pp. $27.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-3462-1.

Reviewed by Steven G. Noll Published on H-Florida (May, 2011) Commissioned by Jeanine A. Clark Bremer

Extinct is Forever--Unless You’re Delisted

Author: 
David J. Weber
Reviewer: 
F. Evan Nooe

Nooe on Weber, 'The Spanish Frontier in North America: The Brief Edition'

David J. Weber. The Spanish Frontier in North America: The Brief Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. xiv + 298 pp. $20.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-300-14068-2.

Reviewed by F. Evan Nooe (University of Mississippi) Published on H-Florida (February, 2011) Commissioned by Jeanine A. Clark Bremer

Bringing the Spanish Borderlands to the General Reader

Author: 
Walter Kingsley Taylor, Eliane M. Norman
Reviewer: 
Jonathan H. Grandage

Grandage on Taylor and Norman, 'André Michaux in Florida: An Eighteenth-Century Botanical Journey'

Walter Kingsley Taylor, Eliane M. Norman. André Michaux in Florida: An Eighteenth-Century Botanical Journey. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002. Maps. 288 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-2444-8.

Reviewed by Jonathan H. Grandage (Florida State University) Published on H-Florida (November, 2010) Commissioned by Jeanine A. Clark Bremer

Author: 
Frank Andre Guridy
Reviewer: 
Jeff Donnelly

Donnelly on Guridy, 'Forging Diaspora: Afro-Cubans and African Americans in a World of Empire and Jim Crow'

Frank Andre Guridy. Forging Diaspora: Afro-Cubans and African Americans in a World of Empire and Jim Crow. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010. xiv + 270 pp. $59.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8078-3361-2; $22.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8078-7103-4.

Reviewed by Jeff Donnelly (Miami Design Preservation League) Published on H-Florida (November, 2010) Commissioned by Jeanine A. Clark Bremer

Author: 
Michael J. Zogry
Reviewer: 
Bryan Rindfleisch

Rindfleisch on Zogry, 'Anetso, the Cherokee Ball Game: At the Center of Ceremony and Identity'

Michael J. Zogry. Anetso, the Cherokee Ball Game: At the Center of Ceremony and Identity. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010. x + 318 pp. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8078-3360-5.

Reviewed by Bryan Rindfleisch (University of Oklahoma) Published on H-Florida (September, 2010) Commissioned by Jeanine A. Clark Bremer

Author: 
Robert J. Kerstein
Reviewer: 
Alan J. Bliss

Bliss on Kerstein, 'Politics and Growth in Twentieth-Century Tampa'

Robert J. Kerstein. Politics and Growth in Twentieth-Century Tampa. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2001. x + 440 pp. $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-2083-9.

Reviewed by Alan J. Bliss (University of Florida) Published on H-Florida (January, 2010) Commissioned by Jeanine A. Clark Bremer

Political Regimes and a Growth Machine

Author: 
Paul Chaat Smith
Reviewer: 
Jonathan DeCoster

DeCoster on Smith, 'Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong'

Paul Chaat Smith. Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009. 193 pp. $21.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8166-5601-1.

Reviewed by Jonathan DeCoster (Brandeis University) Published on H-Florida (January, 2010) Commissioned by Jeanine A. Clark Bremer

An Ocean of Terrifying Complexity

Author: 
Karen L. Graves
Reviewer: 
David Lee McMullen

McMullen on Graves, 'And They Were Wonderful Teachers: Florida's Purge of Gay and Lesbian Teachers'

Karen L. Graves. And They Were Wonderful Teachers: Florida's Purge of Gay and Lesbian Teachers. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009. xxi + 186 pp. $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-252-03438-1; $20.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-252-07639-8.

Reviewed by David Lee McMullen (Independent Scholar) Published on H-Florida (January, 2010) Commissioned by Jeanine A. Clark Bremer

Author: 
Michael Ezra, ed.
Reviewer: 
Daniel Hutchinson

Hutchinson on Ezra, 'Civil Rights Movement: People and Perspectives'

Michael Ezra, ed. Civil Rights Movement: People and Perspectives. Perspectives in American Social History Series. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2009. 250 pp. $85.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-59884-037-7.

Reviewed by Daniel Hutchinson (Florida State University) Published on H-Florida (October, 2009) Commissioned by Jeanine A. Clark Bremer

Author: 
Gregg M. Turner
Reviewer: 
Nicholas Linville

Linville on Turner, 'A Journey into Florida Railroad History'

Gregg M. Turner. A Journey into Florida Railroad History. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2008. xii + 283 pp. $27.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-3233-7.

Reviewed by Nicholas Linville Published on H-Florida (October, 2009) Commissioned by Jeanine A. Clark Bremer

Turner’s Worthwhile Journey

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