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Knowlton, Christopher, author.
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Real estate development -- Florida -- History -- 20th century.
Real estate investment -- Florida -- History -- 20th century.
Land speculation -- Florida -- History -- 20th century.
Financial crises -- Florida -- History -- 20th century.
Depressions -- 1929.
Florida -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
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Bubble in the sun : the Florida boom of the 1920s and how it brought on the Great Depression / Christopher Knowlton.
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Knowlton, Christopher, author.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
Subjects
Real estate development -- Florida -- History -- 20th century.
Real estate investment -- Florida -- History -- 20th century.
Land speculation -- Florida -- History -- 20th century.
Financial crises -- Florida -- History -- 20th century.
Depressions -- 1929.
Florida -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781982128371 (hardcover) :
1982128372 (hardcover) :
Description:
xix, 411 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Contents:
The last frontier. The pharaoh of Florida ; A railroad goes to sea ; New arrivals ; Ballyhoo -- Grand plans. A Spanish dreamscape ; Merrick's ideal city ; Great migrations ; A writer's education ; Trail blazers ; Habitual intemperence -- Tropical fever. Miznerland ; Weigall whoops it up ; A house in Coconut Grove ; Crime waves ; "A parade of pink elephants and green monkeys" ; Pirates of promotion ; Lull before the storm -- Graveyard of dreams. Hurricanes ; Speculative dementia ; The death of ballyhoo and hokum ; "I used to make dreams come true" ; A legacy of greed and folly.
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"Christopher Knowlton, author of Cattle Kingdom and former Fortune writer, takes an in-depth look at the spectacular Florida land boom of the 1920s and shows how it led directly to the Great Depression"--
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Hawaii State Library
Business, Science & Technology
333.33097 Kn
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Kihei Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
333.33097 Kn
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