Illustrations-Preface-Chapter 1-Natural Endowment and First Inhabitants-Chapter 2-Discoery and Exploration-Chapter 3-Flordia's First permanent Settlement-Chapter 4-Christianizing the Indians-Chapter 5-International Rivalry in Florida-Chapter 6-British Floridas-Chapter 7-The Second Spanish Era, 1784-1821-Chapter 8-American intrigues and Acquisition-Chapter 9-Territorial Politics and State Making-Chapter 10-Territoral Florida: A Frontier Society-chapter 11-The Wars of Indian Removal-Chapter 12-Flroida enters and Leaves the Union, 1845-1861-Chapter 13-A Maturing Frontier Society, 1845-1861-Chapter 14-The Civil War in Florida-Chapter 15-Floridians at War, 1861-1865-Chapter 16-Political Reconstruction, 1865-1877-Chapter 17-New Directions in Economics and Society-Chapter 18-The Bourbon Era-Chapter 19-The Politics of Protest and Reform-Chapter 20-Florida and the War for Cuban Independence-Chapter 21-The Broward Era-Chapter 22-Management of Natural Resources-Chapter 23-Florida During World War I-Chapter 24-Boom Bust Hurricane Twenties-Chapter 25-The Depression and the New Deal-Chapter 26-World War II Opens a New Era-Chapter 27-Population and politics Since 1950

Chapter 28-Contemporary Florida-Chapter 29-Florida in the Seventies-Appendix A-Governors of Florida-Appendix B. 1970 Census Figures-Selected Bibliography-Index.