Gary Mormino
When: 1:00-3:00 pm Sunday, April 5 2009
Where: HCC Performing Arts Building, Ybor City, Tampa
Tickets: Free
Gary R. Mormino, Ph.D., is the Frank E. Duckwall Professor of History and Co-director of the Florida Studies Program at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus.
A noted author and historian whose expertise and passion is the story of state and culture of Florida, Mormino wrote the book "Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida" from which the Florida Humanities Council documentary "The Florida Dream" was adapted.
Mormino is also the author of "The Immigrant World of Ybor City: Italians and Their Latin Neighbors in Tampa, 1885-1985" and "The Architecture of Leisure: The Florida Resort Hotels of Henry Flagler and Henry Plant".
Land of Sunshine
"This path-breaking book brilliantly explains the explosive growth of Florida from 2.7 million inhabitants in
1950 to 15.9 million in 2000. It focuses on the diverse people who migrated here; the developers of tourism, beaches,
shopping malls, and gated communities; new technology (from air conditioning to the space age); and the impact of
this growth and development upon the environment."
—James B.Crooks, professor emeritus, University of North Florida
For more information about "Land of Sunshine", visit the publisher's website.
Other Books by Gary Mormino
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