Bubble in the Sun

The 1920s Florida real estate boom spurred rapid growth in cities like Coral Gables and Miami Beach, fueled by entrepreneurs and speculators amid a backdrop of glamour and excess. In Bubble in the Sun, Christopher Knowlton examines both the era’s dazzling allure and its environmental and social costs, linking the boom’s collapse to the wider economic crash that followed.

Author: Christopher Knowlton

$20.00