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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Knight, Henry, 1982-
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
Colección:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:	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.
Acceso en línea:	Texto completo

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"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.