Format:
1 online resource (388 pages)
Edition:
3rd ed.
ISBN:
9780874177206
Series Statement:
Shepperson Series in Nevada History
Content:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Space and the Natural Setting -- 2. Native Americans -- 3. The First Explorers -- 4. Settlers on the Move, 1841-1850 -- 5. Three Cultures in Collision, 1850-1860 -- 6. The Early Comstock and Statehood -- 7. Colorado Steamboats, Eldorado Canyon, and the Second Wave of Mormons -- 8. The Era of the Boomtowns, 1865-1878 -- 9. The Railroads and Their Towns -- 10. The Livestock Oligarchy and the Agricultural Frontier -- 11. Crusaders for Silver, Indians' and Women's Rights -- 12. The Second Mining Boom -- 13. The Second Era of Railroad Building -- 14. New Urban Experiments: Reno and Las Vegas Since 1940 -- 15. Land and Water: Changing Policies and Uses -- 16. Nevada Governments: Federal, State, and Local -- 17. Gambling and Tourism -- 18. Community Building in the Silver State -- 19. The Struggle for Equal Rights -- 20. The Twelve Northern Counties -- 21. The Five Southern Counties -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780874175929
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780874175929
Language:
English
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