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"""Naturally becomes a baseline body of work from which to understand historical tourism development. Highly recommended.""--Choice ""[A] much-welcomed, concise survey of Florida tourism from the days of Ponce de León to the present. . . . Provid[es] an engaging narrative. Tourists' letters, popular travel guides, and the most recent scholarship inform this statewide study. Academics, students, and general readers interested in tourism and southern history will find this a rigorous, entertaining, and insightful overview.""--Journal of American History ""This well-researched, tightly organized and highly readable account of the interaction between the Florida tourist industry and the tourists it attracted offers insights into the evolution of social, economic and environmental attitudes of residents and visitors alike. It is an entertaining romp through Florida history.""--American Studies Journal ""Synthesizes existing scholarship on the history of Florida tourism into a lithe volume. . . . An important contribution to the field of Florida's economic and social development.""--Journal of Southern History ""A narrative history embedded with analysis, this work does a good job of describing the evolution of tourism in Florida. Not shying away from the downsides of tourism there--racism, environmental damage, unfortunate impacts on host communities--the book illustrates just how important tourism has long been for Florida's economic and social development.""--Cambridge Business History Review"

Naturally becomes a baseline body of work from which to understand historical tourism development. Highly recommended. --Choice [A] much-welcomed, concise survey of Florida tourism from the days of Ponce de Leon to the present. . . . Provid[es] an engaging narrative. Tourists' letters, popular travel guides, and the most recent scholarship inform this statewide study. Academics, students, and general readers interested in tourism and southern history will find this a rigorous, entertaining, and insightful overview. --Journal of American History This well-researched, tightly organized and highly readable account of the interaction between the Florida tourist industry and the tourists it attracted offers insights into the evolution of social, economic and environmental attitudes of residents and visitors alike. It is an entertaining romp through Florida history. --American Studies Journal Synthesizes existing scholarship on the history of Florida tourism into a lithe volume. . . . An important contribution to the field of Florida's economic and social development. --Journal of Southern History A narrative history embedded with analysis, this work does a good job of describing the evolution of tourism in Florida. Not shying away from the downsides of tourism there--racism, environmental damage, unfortunate impacts on host communities--the book illustrates just how important tourism has long been for Florida's economic and social development. --Cambridge Business History Review

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Tracy J. Revels, professor and chair of history at Wofford College, is the author of Grander in Her Daughters: Florida's Women during the Civil War.

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