Author : Knight, Henry
Release : 2013-09-17
Genre : History
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Tropic of Hopes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tropic of Hopes write by Knight, Henry. This book was released on 2013-09-17. Tropic of Hopes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Just after the Civil War, two states prominently laid claim to being America's paradise destinations. Private companies, state agencies, and journalists all lent a hand in creating a seductive, expansionist imagery that promoted semitropical California and Florida and helped "sell" Americans on the idea of an attainable paradise within the United States. In Tropic of Hopes, Henry Knight examines the promotion of California and Florida from the end of the Civil War to the eve of the Great Depression, a period when both states were transformed from remote, sparsely populated locales into two of the most publicized and dreamed-about destinations in America. Using the discussion of climate, geography, race, and environment to link agricultural, tourist, and urban development in these regions, Knight provides a highly original and informative account.