Tropic of hopes : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929 /

Main Author: Knight, Henry, 1982-
Format: Book
Language:English
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504 |a Includes 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. 
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651 0 |a California  |x Social conditions. 
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