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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]
Subjects:	Florida > Economic conditions. California > Economic conditions. Florida > Population > History. California > Population > History. Florida > Social conditions. California > Social conditions. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

"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.