University of Central Florida STARS Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 2018 Rebuilt and Remade: The Florida Citrus Industry, 1909-1939 James Padgett University of Central Florida Part of the Agriculture Commons, and the United States History Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Masters Thesis (Open Access) is brought to you for free and open access by STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. STARS Citation Padgett, James, "Rebuilt and Remade: The Florida Citrus Industry, 1909-1939" (2018). Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019. 6736. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/6736 REBUILT AND REMADE: THE FLORIDA CITRUS INDUSTRY, 1909-1939 by JAMES ANDREW PADGETT B.A. Florida State University, 2012 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History in the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Fall Term 2018 Major Professor: Connie Lester ©2018 James A. Padgett ii ABSTRACT Prior to orange juice concentrate, Florida citrus was already an industrialized agricultural sector. This thesis explores the early-20th-century Florida citrus industry and demonstrates that contemporary farming practices were influential in advancing how citrus was produced, processed, worked, marketed, and regulated in early-20th-century Florida. Restarted after devastating freezes in 1894-1895, resolute Florida growers rebuilt their groves into marvels of large-scale citrus fruit production.