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

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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.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Knight, Henry, 1982-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Social conditions
Population.
Economic history.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
Florida.
California.
Californie > Conditions sociales.
Floride > Conditions sociales.
Californie > Population > Histoire.
Floride > Population > Histoire.
Californie > Conditions economiques.
Floride > Conditions economiques.
California > Social conditions.
Florida > Social conditions.
California > Population > History.
Florida > Population > History.
California > Economic conditions.
Florida > Economic conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • "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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