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The Spanish-American War
Learn about Hispanic America through the The Spanish-American War.
Ybor City
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Haunted Ybor City
The memorable architecture and fine cigars of Ybor City attract and delight visitors, but locals and tourists aren't the only ones prowling the city's narrow brick streets and old nightclubs. Invisible revelers still linger at sites like the Florida Brewing Company, where Eduardo Sandoval seeks revenge from the drunken brawl that killed him in 1896. Jose Marti himself still fights by night for Cuba's liberation in Parque Amigos de Jose Marti on Eighth Avenue. Grab a Cuban sandwich or a cafe con leche and join local historian Deborah Frethem as she traces the spectral happenings of Florida's Latin Quarter.
What Is Public History Globally?
Across the globe, history has gone public. With the rise of the internet, family historians are now delving into archives continents apart. Activists look into and recreate the past to promote social justice or environmental causes. Dark and difficult pasts are confronted at sites of commemoration. Artists draw on memory and the past to study the human condition and make meaning in the present. As a result of this democratisation of history, public history movements have now risen to prominence. This groundbreaking edited collection takes a comprehensive look at public history throughout the world. Divided into three sections - Background, Definitions and Issues; Approaches and Methods; and ...
José Martí y los tabaqueros de Tampa y Cayo Hueso
La estrecha relación que estableció José Martí con los torcedores, e incluso con algunos dueños de las fábricas, no exenta de contradicciones e incomprensiones, es analizada en este volumen desde la sagaz perspectiva de Raúl Martell, quien se ha convertido en un agudo investigador de la historia de la industria tabacalera. Dialogan con el texto ilustraciones de gran belleza estética, realizadas por el artista Evelio Toledo Quesada, que recrean el contexto decimonónico, así como documentos de diverso carácter, algunos inéditos y pertenecientes a coleccionistas, todo lo cual da testimonio del valioso gremio de los tabaqueros..
Immigrant World of Ybor City
The books in the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series demonstrate the University Press of Florida's long history of publishing Latin American and Caribbean studies titles that connect in and through Florida, highlighting the connections between the Sunshine State and its neighboring islands. Books in this series show how early explorers found and settled Florida and the Caribbean. They tell the tales of early pioneers, both foreign and domestic. They examine topics critical to the area such as travel, migration, economic opportunity, and tourism. They look at the growth of Florida and the Caribbean and the attendant pressures on the environment, culture, urban development, and the mov...
Ybor City Chronicles
Chronicles the author's teen years in the Tampa area during the 1930s and 1940s
A Woodcut Manual
This delightful text contains a comprehensive guide to decorate woodcutting. Complete with a plethora of helpful tips, step-by-step instructions, and beautiful illustrations, this guide constitutes a definitive manual sure to be of great interest to the discerning woodworker. Both detailed and concise, this guide is perfect for those with little experience in the subject, yet also contains a wealth of information sure to be of value to the professional or seasoned woodcutter as well. The chapters of this book include: Tools and Materials, Action, Refinement, Woodcutting, Press Printing, Dampened Paper, Colour, Editions, Storage, Matting, Exhibiting, Packing, Framing, The Bookplate, Greetings, Money Matters, Tool Making, History, Specimens, Bibliography, Exhibitions... and more. We are proud to republish this antique book here complete with a new introduction on decorative woodwork.
Tampa in Civil War and Reconstruction
Brown, who has written several books on Florida and southern history, offers a narrative that explores the conflict and danger of the period and the activities of particular men and women who held the community together. The book includes bandw historical illustrations and photos. c. Book News Inc.
