C.S. Monaco is an author, historian, and former Courtesy Professor of History at the University of Florida, His book, The Second Seminole War and the Limits of American Aggression, earned Choice Magazine's highest recommendation: "Essential." Among other praise, historians David S. and Jeanne T. Heidler have concluded: "With exhaustive research, fresh interpretations, and elegant prose Monaco has produced the definitive history of the Second Seminole War." A list of all of the author's works follows:
Email: csmonaco@cs.com
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PUBLICATIONS
Books:
The Second Seminole War and the Limits of American Aggression (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018).
The Rise of Modern Jewish Politics: Extraordinary Movement (New York/London: Routledge, 2013).
Moses Levy of Florida: Jewish Utopian and Antebellum Reformer (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2005).
Refereed Articles
"Whose War Was It? African American Heritage Claims and the Second Seminole War," American Indian Quarterly (Winter 2017).
"Shadows and Pestilence: Health and Medicine during the Second Seminole War," Journal of Social History (Spring 2015).
"Red Devil or Tragic Hero? Osceola as Settler-Colonial Icon," American Indian Quarterly (Spring 2015).
"'Wishing that Right May Prevail': Ethan Allen Hitchcock and the Florida War," Florida Historical Quarterly (Fall 2014).
"Alachua Settlers and the Second Seminole War," Florida Historical Quarterly (Summer 2012).
“Port Jews or a People of the Diaspora? A Critique of the Port Jew Concept,” Jewish Social Studies: History, Culture, Society 15.2 (Winter 2009).
"'The Extraordinary Movement of the Jews of Great Britain,' 1827-1831,” Journal of Modern Jewish Studies 8 (Nov. 2009).
“A Sugar Utopia on the Florida Frontier: Moses Elias Levy’s Pilgrimage Plantation,” Southern Jewish History 5 (2002).
“Fort Mitchell and the Settlement of the Alachua Country,” Florida Historical Quarterly 79 (Summer 2000).
Introduction and annotations to “A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery, Consistently with the Interests of All Parties Concerned,” by Moses Elias Levy (London, 1828), American Jewish Archives Journal LI (1999).
“Moses E. Levy of Florida: A Jewish Abolitionist Abroad,” American Jewish History 86 (December 1998).
Reference Articles
“Moses Elias Levy,” in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2007).
“American Jews and Antislavery” and “Moses Elias Levy,” in Peter Hinks and John McKivigan, eds., Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition (Greenwood Publishing, 2006).
Papers
Co-Author and Co-Principal Investigator, "Fort Defiance/Fort Micanopy and the Opening Battles of the Second Seminole War 1835-36, Historic and Archaeological Study," National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Grant, 2010-2011.
SELECTED LECTURES
“Moses Levy and his Sacred Cause of Reform,” Institute of Jewish Studies Lecture Series, University College London, 2006.
“The Reform Agenda of Moses Levy and its Influence in Early Nineteenth-Century Florida, the Caribbean, and England,” Fourth Biennial Conference on the History of Florida and the Atlantic World, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 2006.
“Moses Elias Levy’s Pilgrimage Plantation,” 100th Annual Meeting of the Florida Historical Society, Mt. Dora, Fl., 2002.
“The Levy-Yulee Family of Antebellum Florida,” Center for Jewish Studies Lecture Series, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2001.
“Moses E. Levy: A Jewish Abolitionist in London,” Conference of the Southern Jewish Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee, 1998.
DOCUMENTARY
Micanopy: The Far Frontier, producer/writer/director.
Outstanding Achievement, Florida Trust for Historic Preservation,1999.
H. Hampton Dunn Award for Electronic Media, Florida Historical Society,1998.
ADDITIONAL AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
Presidential Award of Distinction, Moses Levy of Florida: Jewish Utopian and Antebellum Reformer, Florida Historical Society, 2006
Robert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2017)
Who’s Who in America, 2004 to present.
Beacon Award, "Education Showcase," National Cable Television Public Affairs Association, 1994
CTAM Award, National Cable Television and Marketing Association, 1987
Individual Artist Fellowship (Filmmaking), Florida Fine Arts Council, 1978
C.S. Monaco is an author, historian, and former Courtesy Professor of History at the University of Florida, His book, The Second Seminole War and the Limits of American Aggression, earned Choice Magazine's highest recommendation: "Essential." Among other praise, historians David S. and Jeanne T. Heidler have concluded: "With exhaustive research, fresh interpretations, and elegant prose Monaco has produced the definitive history of the Second Seminole War." A list of all of the author's works follows:
Email: csmonaco@cs.com
________________________________________________________________________________________________
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
The Second Seminole War and the Limits of American Aggression (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018).
The Rise of Modern Jewish Politics: Extraordinary Movement (New York/London: Routledge, 2013).
Moses Levy of Florida: Jewish Utopian and Antebellum Reformer (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2005).
Refereed Articles
"Whose War Was It? African American Heritage Claims and the Second Seminole War," American Indian Quarterly (Winter 2017).
"Shadows and Pestilence: Health and Medicine during the Second Seminole War," Journal of Social History (Spring 2015).
"Red Devil or Tragic Hero? Osceola as Settler-Colonial Icon," American Indian Quarterly (Spring 2015).
"'Wishing that Right May Prevail': Ethan Allen Hitchcock and the Florida War," Florida Historical Quarterly (Fall 2014).
"Alachua Settlers and the Second Seminole War," Florida Historical Quarterly (Summer 2012).
“Port Jews or a People of the Diaspora? A Critique of the Port Jew Concept,” Jewish Social Studies: History, Culture, Society 15.2 (Winter 2009).
"'The Extraordinary Movement of the Jews of Great Britain,' 1827-1831,” Journal of Modern Jewish Studies 8 (Nov. 2009).
“A Sugar Utopia on the Florida Frontier: Moses Elias Levy’s Pilgrimage Plantation,” Southern Jewish History 5 (2002).
“Fort Mitchell and the Settlement of the Alachua Country,” Florida Historical Quarterly 79 (Summer 2000).
Introduction and annotations to “A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery, Consistently with the Interests of All Parties Concerned,” by Moses Elias Levy (London, 1828), American Jewish Archives Journal LI (1999).
“Moses E. Levy of Florida: A Jewish Abolitionist Abroad,” American Jewish History 86 (December 1998).
Reference Articles
“Moses Elias Levy,” in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2007).
“American Jews and Antislavery” and “Moses Elias Levy,” in Peter Hinks and John McKivigan, eds., Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition (Greenwood Publishing, 2006).
Papers
Co-Author and Co-Principal Investigator, "Fort Defiance/Fort Micanopy and the Opening Battles of the Second Seminole War 1835-36, Historic and Archaeological Study," National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Grant, 2010-2011.
SELECTED LECTURES
“Moses Levy and his Sacred Cause of Reform,” Institute of Jewish Studies Lecture Series, University College London, 2006.
“The Reform Agenda of Moses Levy and its Influence in Early Nineteenth-Century Florida, the Caribbean, and England,” Fourth Biennial Conference on the History of Florida and the Atlantic World, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 2006.
“Moses Elias Levy’s Pilgrimage Plantation,” 100th Annual Meeting of the Florida Historical Society, Mt. Dora, Fl., 2002.
“The Levy-Yulee Family of Antebellum Florida,” Center for Jewish Studies Lecture Series, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2001.
“Moses E. Levy: A Jewish Abolitionist in London,” Conference of the Southern Jewish Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee, 1998.
DOCUMENTARY
Micanopy: The Far Frontier, producer/writer/director.
Outstanding Achievement, Florida Trust for Historic Preservation,1999.
H. Hampton Dunn Award for Electronic Media, Florida Historical Society,1998.
ADDITIONAL AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
Presidential Award of Distinction, Moses Levy of Florida: Jewish Utopian and Antebellum Reformer, Florida Historical Society, 2006
Robert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2017)
Who’s Who in America, 2004 to present.
Beacon Award, "Education Showcase," National Cable Television Public Affairs Association, 1994
CTAM Award, National Cable Television and Marketing Association, 1987
Individual Artist Fellowship (Filmmaking), Florida Fine Arts Council, 1978