From New Spain, to Old South, to New South, to Sunbelt, the story of how and why millions have come to Florida and influenced the enduring but changing meanings of a dreamstate. 52 b&w and 6 color photos, 4 maps.

Gary Mormino, Duckwall Professor of History at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, is the coauthor of The Immigrant World of Ybor City: Italians and Their Latin Neighbors in Tampa, 1885-1985.