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1 online resource |
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"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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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Economic history
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Population
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Social conditions
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Florida -- Economic conditions
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California -- Economic conditions
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Florida -- Population -- History
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California -- Population -- History
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Florida -- Social conditions
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California -- Social conditions
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California
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Florida
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813048413 |
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0813048419 |
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