Fall 2011 Vol. 90, No. 2

Fall 2011 Vol. 90, No. 2

In this episode of the podcast we feature interviews with all of the contributors for the Special Issue on the West Florida Revolt of 1810.  The entire issue is dedicated the global context and impact of the revolt from a variety of different perspectives.

“Introduction: Setting a Precedent for Regional Revolution: The West Florida Revolt Considered,” by Samuel C. Hyde, Jr.

 

“Some Thoughts on Spanish East and West Florida as Borderlands,” by James G. Cusick 

“The Origins of the Monroe Doctrine Revisited:  The Madison Administration, the West Florida Revolt, and the No Transfer Policy,” by William S. Belko

“The Rise and Fall of the Original Lone Star State: Infant American Imperialism Ascendant in West Florida,” by Cody Scallions

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Summer 2011 Volume 90 No. 1

Summer 2011 Vol. 90, No. 1

This is the podcast for the Summer 2011 issue of the Quarterly. The issue features the 2010 Friends of the Florida Historical Society Keynote Lecture “The First Coming of Judaeo-Christian Religion to Florida” by Michael Gannon in addition to the articles “Blue Water, Brown Water, and Confederate Disloyalty: The Peculiar and Personal Naval Conflict in South Florida during the Civil War” by Irvin D. S. Winsboro and William B. Mack and “The Catholic Diocese of Miami and African American Desegregation, 1958-1977” by Mark Newman.

 This podcast will feature an interview with James M. (Mike) Denham whose article “Crime and Punishment in Antebellum Pensacola," is also in the Summer issue. Professor Denham is the Director of Lawton M. Chiles Center for Florida History at Florida Southern College. In addition we interviewed Professor Raymond A. Mohl, Distinguished Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Mohl spoke about the life and legacy of Stetson Kennedy who passed away on August 27, 2011 at the age of 94.

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Spring 2011 Volume 89 No. 4

This is the podcast for the Spring 2011 issue of the Quarterly and this issue is a special issue devoted to literature in Florida. The issue features an introduction by Lande Maurice O'Sullivan, and contributions by Kathryn Seidel, Jesus Mendez, Philip Levy and Rebecca Sharpless. Professor Seidel’s article is titled, "A Boy and His Fawn: Parallel Animals in A Trip to Florida for Health and Sport and The Yearling." Professor Mendez’ contribution is titled "From Adventure Travel to Leisure Tourism: The Florida Letters of William Drysdale in the New York Times, 1884-1893" and Professor Levy‘s article is titled “The Most Exotic of Our Cities': Race, Place, Writing, and George Allan England's Key West."

This podcast will feature an interview with Rebecca Sharpless who is an Associate Professor of History, Texas Christian University and her article is titled "The Servants and Mrs. Rawlings: Martha Mickens and African American Life at Cross Creek."

Dr. Connie Lester editor of the Florida Historical Quarterly caught up with Dr. Sharpless over the phone and provided us with the following interview. We hope you enjoy it.

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Winter 2011 Volume 89 No. 3

This is the podcast for the Winter Issue of the Florida Historical Quarterly. This podcast we interviewed Jessica Clawson who is a graduate student at the University of Florida. We interviewed her article concerning the racial integration of UF in the 1960s and 1970s. You listen to the podcast by clicking this link.

The articles for this issue are:

Winter 2011 Volume 89 No. 3

“Cuban Exiles in Key West during the Ten Years’ War, 1868-1878,” by Antonio Rafael de la Cova

“Secrecy Has No Excuse”: The Florida Land Boom, Tourism, and the 1926 Smallpox Epidemic in Tampa and Miami,” by Eric Jarvis

“Administrative Recalcitrance and Government Intervention: Desegregation at the University of Florida, 1962-1972,” by Jessica Clawson

Fall 2010 Volume 89 No. 2

This is the podcast for the Fall Issue of the Florida Historical Quarterly. For this podcast we interviewed all three authors. All authors are graduate students finishing their PhDs on Florida history topics, so in this special issue of the FHQ podcast we asked these authors about their experiences researching a Florida topic while early into their scholarly careers. Our guests on this podcast were Deborah L. Bauer, Nicole C. Cox and Peter Ferdinando.

The articles for this issue are:

Fall 2010 Volume 89 No. 2

“. . .in a strange place”: The Experiences of British Women during the Colonization of East & West Florida," by Deborah L. Bauer

"Selling Seduction: Women and Feminine Nature in 1920s Florida," by Nicole C. Cox

"A Translation History of Florida," by Peter Ferdinando

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Summer 2010 Volume 89 No. 1

This is the podcast for the Summer Issue of the Florida Historical Quarterly. For this podcast we interviewed Gilbert C. Din. Dr. Din is professor emeritus of Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. He is the author of several books of colonial Louisiana and a frequent contributor to the FHQ. We interviewed him about his work on William August Bowles, the Spanish in the Colonial Gulf South.

The articles for this issue are:

"William August Bowles on the Gulf Coast, 1787-1803: Unraveling a Labyrinthine Conundrum" by Gilbert C. Din

"Thomas de Saliere Tucker: Reconciling Industrial and Liberal Arts Education at Florida's Normal School for Colored Teachers, 1887-1901"
by Peter A. Dumbuya

"Murder, Insanity, and the Efficacy of Woman's Role: The Gwendolyn Hoyt Case"
George B. Crawford

"Freezes, Fights, and Fancy: The Formation of Agricultural Cooperatives in the Florida Citrus Industry" by Scott Hussey

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Spring 2010 Volume 88 No. 4

This is the Spring Issue of the Florida Historical Quarterly. We interviewed Derrick E. White who is Assistant Professor of History at Florida Atlantic University. He wrote an article about Confederate memory and racial integration at Florida universities in the 1960s. We interviewed him about the article. You can get the podcast by clicking here.

The Table of Contents for this issue appears below:

"When Modern Tourism Was Born: Florida at the Word Fairs and on the World Stage in the 1930s," by David Nelson

"From Desegregation to Integration: Race, Football, and "Dixie" at the University of Florida" by Derrick E. White

"Military Slave Rentals, the Construction of Army Fortifications, and the Navy Yard in Pensacola, Florida, 1824-1863," by Thomas Hulse