California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929 Knight, Henry 1982- creator text bibliography Electronic books. flu 2013 2013 monographic eng 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations 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. "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. Henry Knight. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us-fl n-us-ca Florida Economic conditions California Economic conditions Florida Population History California Population History Florida Social conditions California Social conditions HC107.F6 K58 2013eb 330.9759 Knight, Henry. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013] xii, 266 pages 2013015086 (DLC)10763665 9780813048413 (e-book) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10763665 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10763665 CaPaEBR 130419 ebr10763665 eng