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The swamp peddlers : how lot sellers, land scammers, and retirees built modern Florida and transformed the American dream /

"Florida has long beckoned retirees seeking to spend their golden years in the sun, but, for many, the American dream of owning a home there was financially impossible. That changed in the 1950s, when the so-called 'installment land sales industry' appeared out of nowhere to hawk bill...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vuic, Jason, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a The swamp peddlers -- $10 down, $10 a month! -- The land giants -- Into the cattle chute -- The last paradise -- The first-mortgage frauds -- Generally defective communities -- Foreclosure Tours R' Us -- The last of the best of Florida. 
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