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Author Mormino, Gary Ross, 1947-

Title Land of sunshine, state of dreams : a social history of modern Florida / Gary R. Mormino ; foreword by Raymond Arsenault.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2005]
©2005

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  HN79.F6 M67 2005    Available  ---
Description xvii, 457 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series The Florida history and culture series
Florida history and culture series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references page (417-442) and index.
Contents Look away Dixieland: the contours of sunbelt Florida -- Florida on the installment plan: the third great land boom -- Tourist empires and the invention of Florida: B.D. (before Disney) and A.D. (after Disney) -- Old folks at home: the graying of Florida -- Sunbelt hues: cold wars, hot markets, and nagging doubts -- Wondrous fruit, bountiful land: from farms to agribusiness -- Machines in paradise: techno Florida -- The internationalization of Florida -- The beach.
Subject Florida -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Florida.
Social conditions.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Florida -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Economic conditions.
ISBN 0813028183 acid-free paper