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Greater Jacksonville's Response To The Florida Land Boom Of The 1920s, Philip Warren Miller
Greater Jacksonville's Response To The Florida Land Boom Of The 1920s, Philip Warren Miller
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The Florida land boom was an orgy of real estate speculation and development that swept the state during the period 1924 through 1926. The few books and articles that deal with that event rarely mention Jacksonville, although it was Florida's largest city and its chief commercial and transportation center. This could lead one to the conclusion that the North Florida city did not become caught up in the boom. Yet scattered throughout the Jacksonville area are the remains of a number of real estate projects that date from that period.
Therefore, this thesis examines the effects of the boom on …