UID:
almafu_9959234871302883
Format:
1 online resource (xvii, 262 p. )
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ill., map ;
ISBN:
0-87417-390-6
Content:
This lively, highly informative study covers the long and colorful past of Hispanics in Nevada, analyzes their growing role in the state's present - especially in the booming urban South - and offers some projections for their future, as well as for the future of research in this field. We discover that the contributions of Hispanics to Nevada are as diverse as the cultures and personalities of the various Spanish-speaking peoples who settled here, and that their importance as one of the state's fastest growing ethnic groups is no less interesting than their colorful past.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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1. Early Spanish and Mexican Exploration, 1540-1848 -- 2. The Lure of Mining in Nevada -- 3. The Settlement of Nevada's Wild West -- 4. The Building of the Railroads -- 5. Discrimination, Biased Reporting, and the Creation of a Negative Stereotype -- 6. Braceros and Migrant Farmworkers in the Moapa Valley -- 7. The Growth of Clark and Washoe Counties -- 8. Nevada's Hispanic Immigrants -- 9. The Chicano Movement, Hispanic Organizations, and Activism in the 1960s and 1970s -- 10. The Latin Chamber of Commerce and Activism in the 1980s and 1990s -- 11. Recent Hispanic Population Trends, Economic and Social Issues, and Politics.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-87417-291-8
Language:
English
Keywords:
History.
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Local history.
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History.
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Local history.
