Tropic of Hopes : California, Florida, and the Selling of American Paradise, 1869-1929.

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Just after the Civil War, two states prominently laid claim to being America's paradise destinations. Private companies, state agencies, and journalists all lent a hand in creating a seductive, expansionist imagery that promoted semitropical California and Florida and helped ""sell&qu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knight, Henry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Press of Florida, 2013.
©2013
Temas:
Economic history
Population
Social conditions
Business & Economics.
Economic History.
Florida > Economic conditions.
California > Economic conditions.
Florida > Population > History.
California > Population > History.
Florida > Social conditions.
California > Social conditions.
Floride > Conditions économiques.
Californie > Conditions économiques.
Floride > Population > Histoire.
Californie > Population > Histoire.
Floride > Conditions sociales.
Californie > Conditions sociales.
California
Florida
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Just after the Civil War, two states prominently laid claim to being America's paradise destinations. Private companies, state agencies, and journalists all lent a hand in creating a seductive, expansionist imagery that promoted semitropical California and Florida and helped ""sell"" Americans on the idea of an attainable paradise within the United States. In Tropic of Hopes, Henry Knight examines the promotion of California and Florida from the end of the Civil War to the eve of the Great Depression, a period when both states were transformed from remote, sparsely populated lo.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-254) and index.
ISBN:1299864953
9781299864955
9780813048413
0813048419
0813046394
9780813046396

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