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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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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
2021.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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