2017 Coastal Perspective Lecture Series
University of Connecticut
Avery Point
Tuesday, March 7th, 7:30 p.m.
“A Better South? Ports Towns as Cosmopolitan Beachheads After the Civil War”
By Mark Long, Ph.D
Assoc. Prof. of History and Social Sciences, Sea Education Association
The transformation of the Florida peninsula in the decades following the Civil War was spectacular. In 1865 the state was left with a decimated economy, the loss of its slave-based labor force, and no functioning government. Yet, a mere twenty years later, it was home to a rapidly-expanding citrus industry, a vibrant tourist trade a booming real estate market. In short, the “Sunshine State” rose like a phoenix from the ashes of secession. The forces that forged modern Florida into a booming cosmopolitan center were tied overwhelmingly to the maritime nexus into which its economy was fixed, with the port of Jacksonville serving as the point of connection to the American east coast, the Atlantic rim and the greater Caribbean. As settlement moved southward along the peninsula, the history of the state was shaped, in part, by an ongoing conflict between its outward-focused maritime and littoral influences on one hand and the counter pull of its interior on the other.
Lecture series is FREE and open to the public. Lectures begin at 7:30 p.m.
Please join us for our 21st season. This annual lecture series attempts to span the breadth of human interactions with coastal waters, including speakers from the natural and social sciences. All lectures are held in the auditorium, which is located on the second floor of the Academic Building (disabled accessible). Enter through the Academic Building or through the Student Center. There is a limited-capacity elevator on the first floor of the Academic Building. Please call us with your questions, or concerns, on the limited-mobility access points to the auditorium at 860-405-9025, or email Noreen.blaschik@uconn.edu.
This series is sponsored by UCONN Avery Point, the Connecticut Sea Grant College Program, the Department of Marine Sciences, UCONN and the Maritime Studies Program, UCONN. For more information, a printable lecture flyer, or a campus map, visit our website at http://marinesciences.uconn.edu/lectures/ or email CoastalPerspectives@uconn.edu.
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