From Saloons to Steak Houses: A History of Tampa (Paperback)

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Boom Town on the Florida Frontier

1. The Sunday Wars: Saloons and Recreation

2. "Some of the Soldiers Did all Their Fighting in Tampa": The Spanish-American War

3. Theater of Shadows: Vice, Corruption, and Indecency

4. Collective Action: Soup Houses, Boycotts, and Cooperatives

5. War, Fear, and Bread during World War I

6. The Noble Disaster: Prohibition and Speakeasies

7. Jook Joints, World War II, and "Venereal Disease"

8. A Steak House in the Sky: Bartke's and the 1950s

9. A Seat at the Nation's Table: Lunch Counter Integration

10. Mourning Las Novedades: Tales of Urban Renewal

Conclusion

Bibliography

Notes

Index