The Golden Era in St. Petersburg: Postwar Prosperity in The Sunshine City by Jon Wilson
Between 1946 and 1963, St. Petersburg was the quintessential Sunbelt city experiencing a post-World War I boom and wrestling with the problems that accompanied rapid growth. The city's old-school techniques of promotion expanded the population from about 60,000 to more than 180,000 in eighteen years. The city developed a split personality--it aimed to be modern but retained a dated, rustic appearance. Follow St. Petersburg author and journalist Jon Wilson as he details how the city coped with relative isolation, an aging business district and cultural changes brought about by the coming of integration, the emergence of rock-and-roll, cookie-cutter subdivisions and the still-novel medium of television.
Wilson, Jon: - Born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Jon Wilson has lived in Florida since 1956. Beginning in 1971, he was a reporter, editor, and editorial writer for the St. Petersburg Times. He won various national and state newspaper awards for his writing and is the author of Days of Fear: A Lynching in St. Petersburg, published in Tampa Bay History.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781609498375 |
| ISBN 10 | 1609498372 |
| Title | The Golden Era in St. Petersburg: Postwar Prosperity in The Sunshine City |
| Author | Jon Wilson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | History Press |
| Year published | 2013-03-05 |
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