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050 1 4 _aHC107.F6
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082 0 4 _a330.9759
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100 1 _aKnight, Henry,
_d1982-
245 1 0 _aTropic of hopes :
_bCalifornia, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929 /
_cHenry Knight.
264 1 _aGainesville :
_bUniversity Press of Florida,
_c[2013]
264 4 _c©2013
300 _a1 online resource (280 pages) :
_billustrations
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes 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.
520 _aAn 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
651 0 _aFlorida
_xEconomic conditions.
651 0 _aCalifornia
_xEconomic conditions.
651 0 _aFlorida
_xPopulation
_xHistory.
651 0 _aCalifornia
_xPopulation
_xHistory.
651 0 _aFlorida
_xSocial conditions.
651 0 _aCalifornia
_xSocial conditions.
655 0 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aKnight, Henry.
_tTropic of hopes : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929.
_dGainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
_hxii, 266 pages
_z9780813044811
_w 2013015086
_w(DLC)10763665
797 2 _aebrary.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10763665
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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