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The Florida Land Boom: Speculation, Money, and the Banks

by William Frazer, John J. Guthrie Jr.. 188 pgs.

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Contributors:

   William Frazer, John J. Guthrie Jr

Publisher:

   Quorum Books

Place of Publication:

  Westport, CT  

Publication Year:

  1995
Subjects:   Finance--Florida--History, Real estate development--Florida--History, Florida--History--1865-, Florida--Economic conditions
Table of contents
Contents
Illustrations xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
The Big Picture 6
An Overview 7
Chapter 2 La Florida 13
The Early Centuries, Territorial Florida, and Statehood 19
The Natural Habitat 21
The World War I and Prohibition Episodes 22
Media Exposure 26
Chapter 3 The Infrastructure and the Tourist/Winter-Home Clientele 31
Flagler's System, Palm Beach, and Addison Mizner 39
The Other Roads 46
On to Miami: Data on the East Coast Railway 50
The Crest of the Boom 52
Expansion at a Price 56
An Overview 57
Chapter 4 Banking, Money and Credit, and the Monuments 63
The Principal Ingredients 66
The Florida System 69
An Overview 75
Hypothetical Questions: the duPont Connection 78
Chapter 5 Value, Promotions, and Speculation 85
Developers 91
Realtors and Sales People 97
The Speculators 102
Chapter 6 The Turning Point, Countervailing Publicity, and Boca Raton 107
Timing and the Speculative and Closely Controlled Ventures 109
The Turning Point 114
The Boosters and Countervailing Publicity 116
At the Turning Point in Boca Raton 121
An Overview 126
Chapter 7 Elsewhere 131
Tampa Bay Area's Gandy Bridge 131
Gainesville and Interocean City 133
Tampa 133
Sarasota 135
Ft. Myers 136
Jacksonville 136
An Overview 137
Chapter 8 The duPont/Ball Connection, Panic, and the Banks 139
The Banking Enterprise 141
Banks, Liquidity, and the Hypothetical Questions 146
Vickers on the Banks 148
Chapter 9 Epilogue 153
The Tax-Prohibition Amendment 154
The Movie Industry 158
The Banks 158
St. Joe Paper 159
Population, the Environment, and Public Facilities 161
An Overview 162
References 167
Index 175
Photographic Essay follows Chapter 5
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