Tropic of hopes : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise /

An examination of how land barons, railroad kingpins, and journalists, among others, "sold" Americans on the idea of Florida and California as a paradise within reach.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knight, Henry, 1982-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
Temas:
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Economic history
Population
Social conditions
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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