The swamp peddlers how lot sellers, land scammers, and retirees built modern Florida and transformed the American dream
"Florida has long beckoned retirees seeking to spend their golden years in the sun, but, for many, the American dream of owning a home there was financially impossible. That changed in the 1950s, when the so-called 'installment land sales industry' appeared out of nowhere to hawk bill...
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Main Author: | Vuic, Jason, 1972- (Author) |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2021]
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