Tropic of hopes : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929 /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Knight, Henry, 1982-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
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505 0 |a "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. 
520 |a 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. 
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651 0 |a Florida  |x Economic conditions. 
651 0 |a California  |x Economic conditions. 
651 0 |a Florida  |x Population  |x History. 
651 0 |a California  |x Population  |x History. 
651 0 |a Florida  |x Social conditions. 
651 0 |a California  |x Social conditions. 
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