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020			_a9780813048413
020			_a0813048419
020			_z9780813044811 (alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aHC107.F6 _bK58 2013
082	0	0	_a330.9759 _223
100	1		_aKnight, Henry, _d1982-
245	1	0	_aTropic of hopes _h[electronic resource] : _bCalifornia, Florida, and the selling of American paradise / _cHenry Knight.
260			_aGainesville : _bUniversity Press of Florida, _cc2013. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (272 p.)
504			_aIncludes 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			_aAn 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			_aDescription based on print version record.
651		0	_aCalifornia _xSocial conditions.
651		0	_aFlorida _xSocial conditions.
651		0	_aCalifornia _xPopulation _xHistory.
651		0	_aFlorida _xPopulation _xHistory.
651		0	_aCalifornia _xEconomic conditions.
651		0	_aFlorida _xEconomic conditions.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813048413/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c34077 _d34077