Tropic of hopes : : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929 / / Henry Knight.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Gainesville : : University Press of Florida,, [2013] 2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 pages) :; illustrations |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Tropic of hopes : |b California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929 / |c Henry Knight. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Gainesville : |b University Press of Florida, |c [2013] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c 2013 | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (280 pages) : |b illustrations | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 590 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
| 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. | |
| 655 | 4 | |a Electronic books. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |a Knight, Henry. |t Tropic of hopes : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929. |d Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013] |h xii, 266 pages |z 9780813044811 |w 2013015086 |w (DLC)10763665 |
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