The enduring Seminoles : from alligator wrestling to ecotourism /
Author / Creator: | West, Patsy, 1947- |
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Imprint: | Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c1998. |
Description: | xvi, 150 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Florida history and culture series Florida history and culture series. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3493790 |
Summary: | Winner of the Florida Historical Society's Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Award "This engaging short work of anthropology and Florida Indian history deserves a wide audience. . . . It is sophisticated enough for a university seminar but filled with appeal for anyone interested in Native Americans, Florida history or the interaction of tourists and native peoples."-- Tampa Tribune Times "Should make some scholars look again at what they thought were the effects of commercial enterprises on the lives of American Indian people in this hemisphere."-- American Indian Quarterly "Engrossing. . . . West has shown us just how vital tourism has been to the Seminoles and the Miccosukees."-- Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel Early in this century, the Florida Seminoles struggled to survive in an environment altered by the drainage of the Everglades and a dwindling demand for animal hides. This revised and expanded edition is the only book available on the cultural tourism activities of an Indian tribe. Patsy West , director of the Seminole/Miccosukee Photographic Archive in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is the coauthor of Betty Mae Jumper: A Seminole Legend and author of The Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes of Southern Florida . |
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Physical Description: | xvi, 150 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-135) and index. |
ISBN: | 0813016339 |