Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. 1. From Everglades to Sugar Bowl and Back Again? 1
7. 2. The Sugar Question in Frontier Florida 20
8. 3. Securing Sugar, Draining the ’Glades 62
9. 4. Wish Fulfillment for Florida Growers: Managed Market,Disciplined Labor, Engineered Landscape 104
10. 5. The Cold War Heats up the Nation’s Sugar Bowl 151
11. 6. A Restructured Industry 200
12. 7. Questioning Sugar in the Everglades 235
13. Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Key Figures in the Transformation of the Florida Everglades 279
14. Appendix B: Key Legislation, Trade Agreements, and Policies in the Transformation of the Florida Everglades 284
15. Appendix C: Chronology of Principal U.S. Government Wartime Sugar Controls, 1939–1947 291
16. Notes 293
17. References 309
18. Index 327