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

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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Knight, Henry, 1982-
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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Tropic of hopes : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929 / Henry Knight.
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
2013
1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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.
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.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Florida Economic conditions.
California Economic conditions.
Florida Population History.
California Population History.
Florida Social conditions.
California Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Print version: Knight, Henry. Tropic of hopes : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013] xii, 266 pages 9780813044811 2013015086 (DLC)10763665
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Tropic of hopes : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929 /
"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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title Tropic of hopes : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929 /
title_sub California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929 /
title_full Tropic of hopes : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929 / Henry Knight.
title_fullStr Tropic of hopes : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929 / Henry Knight.
title_full_unstemmed Tropic of hopes : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929 / Henry Knight.
title_auth Tropic of hopes : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929 /
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title_sort tropic of hopes : california, florida, and the selling of american paradise, 1869-1929 /
publisher University Press of Florida,
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physical 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations
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.
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geographic Florida Economic conditions.
California Economic conditions.
Florida Population History.
California Population History.
Florida Social conditions.
California Social conditions.
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