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In 1900, Florida was largely agricultural and frontier, most Floridians lived within 50 miles of the Georgia border. The population grew from only 29,000 in 1880 to 18.3 million in 2009. The population explosion began with the great land boom of the 1920s as Florida went from an undiscovered frontier to a land speculator's paradise. When the crash came in 1926 prices of houses plunged (as they did again in 2007-09), but the sunshine remained. Hurt badly by the [[Great Depression]] and the land bust, Florida kept afloat with relief money. World War II brought new prosperity and many military bases.  

In 1900, Florida was largely agricultural and frontier, most Floridians lived within 50 miles of the Georgia border. The population grew from only 29,000 in 1880 to 18.3 million in 2009. The population explosion began with the great land boom of the 1920s as Florida went from an undiscovered frontier to a land speculator's paradise. When the crash came in 1926 prices of houses plunged (as they did again in 2007-09), but the sunshine remained. Hurt badly by the [[Great Depression]] and the land bust, Florida kept afloat with relief money. World War II brought new prosperity and many military bases.  

After 1940 Florida saw a contest between the Old South and the New South, as northerners poured in with very different values. The Old South defenders resisted, but numbers were against them, and Miami became a bastion of liberalism.  

After 1940 Florida saw a contest between the Old South and the New South, as northerners poured in with very different values. The Old South defenders resisted, but numbers were against them, as Yankee retirees, Cuban refugees, Latin American businessmen, Haitian refugees, liberal Jews from New York and and fiscal conservatives from the frostbelt poured in at 500 a day, every day, for years. Miami became a bastion of liberalism, drugs and crime, as well as the financial capital of much of Latin America.  

===Colonial===

===Colonial===

* Colburn, David R. and deHaven-Smith, Lance. ''Florida's Megatrends: Critical Issues in Florida.'' (2002). 161 pp.

* Colburn, David R. and deHaven-Smith, Lance. ''Florida's Megatrends: Critical Issues in Florida.'' (2002). 161 pp.

[http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.php?id=6760 online review]

[http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.php?id=6760 online review]

* Kleinberg, Eliot. ''War in Paradise: Stories of World War II in

* Kleinberg, Eliot. ''War in Paradise: Stories of World War II in

Florida.'' (1999). 96pp.

Florida.'' (1999). 96pp.