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Tropic of hopes :

by Knight, Henry, Physical details: 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations ISBN:9780813048413 (e-book).
Subject(s): Florida -- Economic conditions. | California -- Economic conditions. | Florida -- Population -- History. | California -- Population -- History. | Florida -- Social conditions. | California -- Social conditions. | Electronic books.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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