Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Florida’s Transportation History
Program Details
Until the nineteenth century, steamboats provided the major means of transportation in the state and its connection to the wider world. This presentation cover the decades of development and infrastructure of Florida’s transportation industry and intersections with contemporary issues of the state.
About Steve
Steve Noll is a master lecturer in the University of Florida’s history department, where received his PhD in 1991. Dr. Noll taught special education in public schools for twenty-eight years before moving to UF in 2004. He has written on general Florida history as well as more specialized subjects ranging from Florida environmental policy, the Cross Florida Barge Canal, and the 1970s disability rights movement. In 2013, the Princeton Review named him one of the 300 best professors in the United States.
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