Swamp peddlers, the: how lot sellers, land scammers, and retirees built modern florida and transformed the american dream
Auteur :
Vuic, Jason
Éditeur :
The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN :
9781469663333
Date de publication :
21 juin 2021
Dimensions :
23,1 x 19,5 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
385 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.