{"product_id":"dreams-in-the-new-century-gary-r-mormino-9780813069340","title":"Dreams in the New Century: Instant Cities, Shattered Hopes, and Florida's Turning Point","description":"\u003cb\u003eFlorida Book Awards, Gold Medal for Florida Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlorida Historical Society Charlton Tebeau Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA leading Florida historian explores one of the state's most consequential eras\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was a time of stunning episodes of boom and\u003cbr\u003ebust, an era of extremes, a decade of historic changes that point to Florida's\u003cbr\u003efuture. In this book, eminent historian Gary Mormino illuminates early\u003cbr\u003etwenty-first-century Florida and its connections to some of the most\u003cbr\u003esignificant events in contemporary American history.\u003cbr\u003eFollowing Mormino's milestone work \u003ci\u003eLand of\u003cbr\u003eSunshine, State of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, which details the dynamic history of\u003cbr\u003eFlorida from 1950 to 2000, \u003ci\u003eDreams in the New Century\u003c\/i\u003e explores the state's tumultuous next chapter, a period that included the Bush\u003cbr\u003ev. Gore election, 9\/11, the housing bubble and Great Recession, and the\u003cbr\u003eelection of Barack Obama. During these years the Eli疣 Gonz疝ez story engrossed\u003cbr\u003ethe country, Tim Tebow rose to football fame, and Donald Trump became a Florida\u003cbr\u003ecelebrity. From hurricanes to Ponzi schemes, red tides, climate change, the \"Stand-Your-Ground\" gun law, demographic diversity, and more, Florida offered\u003cbr\u003enonstop news fodder that reflected its extraordinary internal trends and its\u003cbr\u003eimportance in the nation.\u003cbr\u003eAs Mormino shows, Florida is a place of\u003cbr\u003edeep conflicts--North and South, liberal and conservative, newcomer and local, \u003cbr\u003egrowth and conservation--with histories that can be traced back centuries. In\u003cbr\u003e2000‒2010, Mormino argues, these tensions collided to produce a \"Big Bang\" that\u003cbr\u003ewill continue to resonate in years to come. Mormino takes stock of this\u003cbr\u003ecrucible of change and explains the social, cultural, and political intricacies\u003cbr\u003eof a state the world struggles to understand. \u003ci\u003eDreams in the New\u003cbr\u003eCentury\u003c\/i\u003e unravels Florida's complicated recent history in a gripping, \u003cbr\u003einformative, and fascinating narrative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary R. Mormino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813069343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813069340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 6.00w x 1.60d","brand":"Gary R. Mormino","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43995437990143,"sku":"9780813069340","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1a764c3-1f47-49b0-a7a7-04db6ff60ed3.jpg?v=1683335817","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dreams-in-the-new-century-gary-r-mormino-9780813069340","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}