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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Our" tropical lands: reinventions of California and Florida after the Civil War
  • A climate for health and wealth: the lure of tropical leisure on American soil
  • The fruits of labor: boosterist visions of republican renewal and semi-tropical agriculture
  • Desert and swamp: the conquest of tropical nature in the progressive era
  • "New edens of the Saxon home-seeker": Los Angeles, Miami, and semi-tropical urban life.

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