The Legacy: South Florida Museum

by Thomas Peter Bennett

Book Overview

The Legacy: South Florida Museum is an account of the origins, founding, and development in twentieth-century Florida of a people's museum about archeology, Spanish exploration, manatees, and space. As a museum founded in the immediate post-World War II era, with its origins in the prehistoric past, its narrative reflects Florida's changes through Spanish exploration, statehood, tourism, endangered manatees, and space development over a thousand...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761852611
• ISBN13: 9780761852612
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 9.9"