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===20th century===
===20th century===
[[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] had been popular in north Florida, and was opposed in the south, which became a haven for speakeasies and run-runners in the 1920s. During 1928-32 a broad coalition of judges, lawyers, politicians, journalists, brewers, hoteliers, retailers, and ordinary wet Floridians came together around the idea of repealing the ban on alcohol. When the federal government legalized near beer and light wine in 1933, the wet coalition launched a successful campaign to legalize these beverages at the state level. Floridians subsequently joined in the national campaign to repeal the 18th Amendment, which succeeded in December 1933. The following November, state voters repealed Florida's constitutional ban on liquor and gave local governments the power to legalize or outlaw alcoholic beverages.<ref> John J. Guthrie, Jr., "Rekindling The Spirits: From National Prohibition to Local Option in Florida: 1928-1935," ''Florida Historical Quarterly'' 1995 74(1): 23-39. 0015-4113 </ref>
[[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] had been popular in north Florida, and was opposed in the south, which became a haven for speakeasies and run-runners in the 1920s. During 1928-32 a broad coalition of judges, lawyers, politicians, journalists, brewers, hoteliers, retailers, and ordinary wet Floridians came together around the idea of repealing the ban on alcohol. When the federal government legalized near beer and light wine in 1933, the wet coalition launched a successful campaign to legalize these beverages at the state level. Floridians subsequently joined in the national campaign to repeal the 18th Amendment, which succeeded in December 1933. The following November, state voters repealed Florida's constitutional ban on liquor and gave local governments the power to legalize or outlaw alcoholic beverages.<ref> John J. Guthrie, Jr., "Rekindling The Spirits: From National Prohibition to Local Option in Florida: 1928-1935," ''Florida Historical Quarterly'' 1995 74(1): 23-39. 0015-4113 </ref>
===New Deal===
The New Deal (1933-40) changed and reaffirmed the physical, environmental, and intellectual landscape of south Florida. It ranged from the many hum-drum sewers, roads and schools built by the Works Progress Administration ([[WPA]]) to the haunting photographs of rural poverty by the [[Farm Security Administration]] (FSA), from the Treasury sponsored post office murals to the work camps for the younf men of the Civilian Conservation Corps ([[CCC]]), and finally to welfare state created by the Social Security program, which brought so many retirees to Florida.
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Baptist, Edward E. ''Creating an Old South: Middle Florida's Plantation Frontier before the Civil War.'' (2002) 2002. 408 pp.
* Baptist, Edward E. ''Creating an Old South: Middle Florida's Plantation Frontier before the Civil War.'' (2002) 2002. 408 pp.
* Colburn, David R. and deHaven-Smith, Lance. ''Florida's Megatrends: Critical Issues in Florida.'' (2002). 161 pp.
* Colburn, David R. and deHaven-Smith, Lance. ''Florida's Megatrends: Critical Issues in Florida.'' (2002). 161 pp.
[http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.php?id=6760 online review]
[http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.php?id=6760 online review]
* Colburn, David R. ''From Yellow Dog Democrats to Red State Republicans: Florida and Its Politics since 1940.'' (2007) 272pp [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.php?id=14680 online review]
* Colburn, David R. ''From Yellow Dog Democrats to Red State Republicans: Florida and Its Politics since 1940.'' (2007) 272pp[http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.php?id=14680 online review]
* Kleinberg, Eliot. ''War in Paradise: Stories of World War II in
* Kleinberg, Eliot. ''War in Paradise: Stories of World War II in
Florida.'' (1999). 96pp.
Florida.'' (1999). 96pp.
* Newton, Michael. ''The Invisible Empire: The Ku Klux Klan in Florida.'' (2001). 260 pp.
* Newton, Michael. ''The Invisible Empire: The Ku Klux Klan in Florida.'' (2001). 260 pp.
* Stuart, John A., and John F. Stack, eds. ''The New Deal in South Florida: Design, Policy, and Community Building, 1933-1940.'' 263 pp. [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.php?id=23065 online review]
===Cities and regions===
===Cities and regions===
* Kerstein, Robert. ''Politics and Growth in Twentieth-Century Tampa.'' (2001). 440 pp.
* Kerstein, Robert. ''Politics and Growth in Twentieth-Century Tampa.'' (2001). 440 pp.