Florida History for New and Not-So-New Floridians Hurricane Nicole Make-up: Thursday, December 1st 3-4:30pm
Instructor
Program Details
Course Description
Love history? Interested in learning more about the state around you? Moving quickly through time, this series will introduce you to the key people, places, and events of Florida history, all with an eye toward explaining how the past has shaped the nation's now third-largest state. Moving between political, social, and cultural history, the series takes a broad view to better understand Florida and its people. Space is limited.Lectures
- Native Florida to Spanish Florida
- Lines in the Sand: Florida in the Age of Empires
- Florida in the Nineteenth Century
- The Gilded Age of Florida
- The Florida Dream
- Growing Pains
Course Info
- Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
- Date: Thursdays, October 13, 20, 27, November 3; 1; November 17
- Location: Lifelong Learning classrooms, Continuing Education Building
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Fees:
Member - $100
Non-member - $130
One-time guest pass, Member or Non-member at the door - $35.
About the Instructor
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Evan P. Bennett, Ph.D. is a historian of the American South whose research focuses on the intersections of rural, environmental, and labor history. His most recent book is "Tampa Bay: The Story of an Estuary and Its People" (University Press of Florida, 2024). He is the author of “When Tobacco Was King: Families, Farm Labor, and Federal Policy in the Piedmont,” (University Press of Florida, 2014). He is also co-editor of “Beyond Forty Acres and a Mule: African American Landowning Families Since Reconstruction,” (University Press of Florida, 2012).