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

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Knight, Henry, 1982-

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Project Muse

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)ISBN:

9780813048413
0813048419

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Electronic books.

DDC classification:

330.9759 23

LOC classification:

HC107.F6 K58 2013

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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.

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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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