Jacksonville (Images of Modern America) by Ennis Armon Davis PDF

By Ennis Armon Davis

This publication explores Jacksonville�s transformation into the most important urban (by land quarter) within the contiguous usa with photos of important occasions in its heritage. Like a number of the country�s older towns, Jacksonville suffered from the unfavourable affects of swift city sprawl after global conflict II. Amid a declining tax base, public colleges wasting their accreditation, and executive corruption scandals, Jacksonville electorate licensed a referendum to consolidate the suffering urban with Duval County to create the �Bold New urban of the South.� those alterations, besides many others, have persisted to lead this Southern city into the twenty first century.

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