Travel, Tourism and Urban Growth in Miami

Environment and Environmental Change Bibliography
	Everglades Digital Library Home Miami, FL: Florida International University Libraries, 1997. The Everglades Digital Library is an evolving library of information resources relating to the south Florida environment. The site includes online collections of scientific and technical reports, natural history writings, educational and interpretive materials, datasets, maps, photos, and a directory of other Internet sites relating to the greater Everglades.
	Florida Environments Online Tallahassee: State University System of Florida, 199x. Florida Environments Online contains both digital full text materials and research bibliographies about the ecology and environment of Florida. Digitized materials include more than 200 seminal texts on species and ecosystems selected by scientific experts throughout the state of Florida and digitized specifically for the Linking Florida's Natural Heritage project.
	Hurricane Scenes: Miami Disaster in Picture: Most Terrific Storm in World's History Miami, FL: E. P. Wheelan, 1926. Chiefly illustrations, this short book shows the destruction wraught upon Miami by the great hurricane of 1926.
	American Autochrome Company Florida tornado, September 17-18, 1926 : over 400 dead, 1,100 injured, 5,000 homes destroyed, property loss $165,000,000 Chicago, Il: American Autochrome Co, 1926. Photographs of the Miami, Florida area after the 1926 hurricane
	Baker, Robert K., and Maria L. Villanueva Analysis of Hurricane Andrew Economic Damage and Recovery Options for the Boating, Marina and Marine Service Industries. Technical paper / Florida Sea Grant College Program ; 72. Gainesville, FL: Florida Sea Grant College Program, University of Florida, 1993. Survey funded by Hurricane Educational Response Program assessing the damage of Hurricane Andrew.
	Blake, Nelson M. Land into Water - - Water into Land: A History of Water Management in Florida Tallahassee, FL: Florida State University Press, 1980. This books deals with the number of problems that the state of Florida has encountered over the years regarding its water supply. The focus is on how the state has chose to address these problems to ensure that there is always an adequate water supply to meet the needs of its inhabitants, farmers, ranchers, industrialists, tourists, and others.
	Blank, Joan Key Biscayne: A Historical of Miami's Tropical Island and the Cape Florida Lighthouse Sarasota, Fl: Pineapple Press, 1996. Blank covers the history of Key Biscayne island, including its settlement, the environmental issues it faced, the problems it encountered in terms of public access to its beaches, etc. The sources include original documents, such as letters and pictures saved by descendents of settlers and lighthouse keepers. A bibliography is also included.
	Brookfield, Charles M. and Oliver Griswold They All Called it Tropical: True Tales of the Romantic Everglades, Cape Sable, and the Florida Keys. 8th ed ed. Miami, FL: Bayan Books, 1977. Filled with stories of human involvement in the Everglades, Keys, and Cape Sable areas, this work tells several tales about the history of man in this sub-tropical region. From the Tequesta Indians to the establishment of Everglades national park, Brookfield and Griswold shed some light on the dramatic and exciting history of this "tropical" paradise.
	Brookfield, Charles M., and Oliver Griswold They All Call It Tropical: True Tales of the Romantic Everglades, Cape Sable, and the Florida Keys Miami, FL: Historical Association of Southern Florida, 1985. This book was first published in 1949, two years after the creation of the Everglades National Park. At the time, author Charlie Brookfield was leading tours of the Everglades for the National Audubon Society. This is an updated version of the 1949 book. It is filled with stories of human involvement in the Everglades, Keys, and Cape Sable areas. It tells several tales about the history of man in this sub-tropical region. From the Tequesta Indians to the establishment of Everglades national park, Brookfield and Griswold shed some light on the dramatic and exciting history of this "tropical" paradise.
	Carter, Luther The Florida Experience: Land and Water Policy in a Growth State Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1975. Carter opens this book by explaining that everyone needs to have "a sense of place." He then documents how Floridian people have settled and worked their land to develop a sense of place and identify with its resources and most attractive aspects. Six case studies are included. A number of them deal with the Everglades area.
	Carter, W. Hodding Stolen Water: Saving the Everglades from Its Friends, Foes, and Florida New York, NY: Atria Books, 2004. Carter, after a canoe trip in the Everglades and many interviews with key players such as environmentalists, sugar farmers, Senator Bob Graham, etc, writes about the management and utilization of this wilderness. In doing so, he provides the different arguments that have entered the debates over the years and gives his opinion regarding the previous and current policies as well as the ones that should be adopted in the future.
	Cerulean, Susan The Book of the Everglades Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 2002. This book provides a history of the Everglades, one of the most endangered ecosystems in North America. It describes the Everglades’ complex natural history and how civilization altered this place. Also, it looks towards the future, identifying the various environmental problems to be expected, and suggests different ways to approach them.
	Derr, Mark Some Kind of Paradise: A Chronicle of Man and the Land in Florida New York, NY: William Morrow and Co., 1989. This book is an environmental history of the state of Florida. It chronicles the early years of settlement through the first half of the twentieth century and up to today, concentrating largely on the southeastern coast and the Everglades. Derr also discusses, in detail, the roles of prominent citizens like Henry Flagler in shaping South Florida as a tropical mecca.
	Douglas, Marjory Stoneman The Everglades: River of Grass Sarasota, FL: Pineapple Press, 1997. This is one of the most significant books ever to be published on the Everglades. Originally published in 1947, Douglas' work drew national attention to the increasing pressure that Floridians were putting on the Everglades. In her book, she provides an eloquent history of the people who have at various times occupied, explored, or hidden in the vast area. Additionally, she provides information on the Everglades' unique ecosystem and the many reasons why it must be preserved.
	Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Archives: The Special Collections of the Montgomery Library Miami, FL. Records of Montgomery family and David Fairchild who established the garden; botanical history of Florida plants and exotics; conservation programs. Contact: Dr. Scott Zona. By appointment only.
	Fairchild, David The World Grows Round My Door: The Story of the Kampong, a Home on the Edge of the Tropics New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. This is the story of Fairchild and the time he spent at his home in South Florida. Fairchild was an expert cultivator of plants. This book provides information regarding his successes and failures in cultivating in Florida, and it also tells of his travels throughout the world in search of rare plant species.
	Florida International University Libraries Miami Metropolitan Archive Miami, FL: State University System of Florida , Publication of Archival Library & Museum Materials, 2003. The Miami Metropolitan Archiveis an ongoing cooperative effort of the Urban, Regional & Local Government Documents Department at Florida International University Libraries and the City of Miami City Clerk's Office to provide digital access to the full text of important source materials on Miami-Dade County urban development. Currently, early City of Miami City Council meeting minutes, charters, departmental annual reports, and planning documents from 1896 to 1966 are archived here.
	Gleason, David K. Over Miami Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1990. Gleason's book provides readers with a series of aerial photographs of Miami. Gleason focuses on the city and its relationship to the water. He also provides readers with an overhead glimpse of the ethnically diverse neighborhoods of Miami.
	Grunwald, Michael The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 2006. Grunwald provides a detailed account of how the Everglades, previously thought of as being economically useless, have now become so desirable to developers that they require protection from the federal government. He looks at how both local and national leaders, and how both Democrats and Republicans, have come together to protect this environmental gem.
	Levin, Ted Liquid Land: A Journey through the Florida Everglades Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2003. Levin examines the work done by the Army Corps of Engineers in Florida's Everglades. He details the damage done by the system of canals and levees - a system that was constructed to help with flooding almost sixty years ago. Levin's book takes into account what we have now learned about the Everglades' significance, and he lays out a plan for managing this precious resource in the future.
	Leynes, Jennifer B., and David Cullison Biscayne National Park Resource Study Atlanta, GA: National Park Service, Southeast Region, 1998.
	McCally, David The Everglades: An Environmental History Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1999. McCally provides a history of the Everglades, focusing on the land itself instead of the people who have lived there. He begins with a look at the geological formation of the Everglades. He continues with an overview of how the land was impacted differently by paleo and archaic Indians, the Calusa, and later the Spanish. He examines why it lay untouched for so long and then shifts to a thorough retelling of how the United States has related to the land, covering periods where aims have varied from draining to preserving the Everglades.
	Mormino, Gary R. Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2005. Mormino's book is a social history of Florida since World War II. It deals with how the history of Florida and its people have been shaped by a number of factors. Included are looks at the impact of "land booms," tourism, and technology on the development of the state. There is also a chapter on the people of Florida's relationship with the environment.
	Phillips, William Lyman The Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coconut Grove, Florida; Catalog of Plants Growing in the Garden Coral Gables, FL: Kells Press, 1949.
	Provenzo, Eugene F. Voices of Andrew Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami, 2003. This web site provides an online archive of approximately seventy oral history interviews with people who not only lived through Hurricane Andrew, but also experienced the subsequent recovery process in the first months after the storm. The interviews were conducted by undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Miami under the supervision of Professor Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. Department of Teaching and Learning, School of Education, University of Miami. The web site includes not only the full text of interviews, as well as selected digital audio files.
	Tebeau, Charlton W. They Lived in the Park: The Story of Man in Everglades National Park Coral Gables, FL: Everglades Natural History Association, 1963.
	University of Miami Library, Florida International University Libraries, and Historical Museum of Southern Florida Reclaiming the Everglades: South Florida's Natural History, 1884-1934 Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2002. Documents the history of the Everglades. Examines major topics and issues relating to the development, reclamation, conservation, and protection of the Everglades. Features personal correspondence and diaries, essays, manuscripts, typescripts, rare books, periodicals, scientific and engineering reports, memoranda, black and white photographs, telegrams, pamphlets, maps, color postcards, and publications from individuals and the government drawn from sixteen collections housed in the archives and special collections of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida.
	Zuckerman, Bertram The Kampong: The Fairchild's Tropical Paradise. Miami, FL: Fairchild Tropical Gardens, 1993. This book is a history of David Fairchild's tropical gardens as well as his involvement with nature preservation and botany in old Miami. It also provides a history of the Kampong, the Fairchild family home.
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