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The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream
Jason Vuic
The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream
Jason Vuic
Recounts the raucous history of how generations of northerners to moved to Florida cheaply, but at a price: high-pressure sales tactics begat fraud; poor urban planning begat sprawl; developers cleared forests, drained wetlands, and built thousands of miles of roads in grid-like subdivisions.
288 pages, 26 halftones, 4 maps
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | June 21, 2021 |
ISBN13 | 9781469663333 |
Publishers | The University of North Carolina Press |
Pages | 272 |
Dimensions | 465 g |
Language | English |