Reno's Big Gamble Image and Reputation in the Biggest Little City

Name: Reno's Big Gamble Image and Reputation in the Biggest Little City
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ISBN: 9780700615940

ISBN-10: 0700615946

ISBN-13: 9780700615940

Edition: 2008

Authors: Alicia Barber

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Alicia Barber traces the transformation of Reno's reputation from backward railroad town to the nationally known 'Sin Central' - as Garrison Keillor observed, a place where you could see things that you wouldn't want to see in your own hometown.

Book details

Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication date: 10/22/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 332
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English




Becoming "The Biggest Little City"



"In the Middle of a Frightful Plain": The Quest for a Reputation



"A Frontier Post of Civilization": Chasing Modernity in the Progressive Era



Selling Reno in the Consumer Age



"City of Sinful Fun": Reno Hits the Mainstream



Big City Struggles in the Biggest Little City



A New Reno for the New Millennium


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index