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Tropic of hopes [electronic resource] : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929 / Henry Knight

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Knight, Henry, 1982-
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Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013.
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xii, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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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 -- Conclusion: Beyond America's tropic of hopes.
Summary
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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ISBN
9780813044811 (alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-254) and index.
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