Tropic of hopes :
Knight, Henry, 1982-
Tropic of hopes : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929 / Henry Knight. - 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations
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.
9780813048413 (e-book)
Florida--Economic conditions.
California--Economic conditions.
Florida--Population--History.
California--Population--History.
Florida--Social conditions.
California--Social conditions.
Electronic books.
HC107.F6 / K58 2013eb
330.9759
Tropic of hopes : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929 / Henry Knight. - 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations
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.
9780813048413 (e-book)
Florida--Economic conditions.
California--Economic conditions.
Florida--Population--History.
California--Population--History.
Florida--Social conditions.
California--Social conditions.
Electronic books.
HC107.F6 / K58 2013eb
330.9759