Roar and the Silence A History of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode

Name: Roar and the Silence A History of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode
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ISBN: 9780874173208

ISBN-10: 0874173205

ISBN-13: 9780874173208

Edition: 1998

Authors: Ronald M. James

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Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Publication date: 9/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.20" wide x 9.30" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



A Glimmer of Opportunity: The Setting



The First Boom: Building the Community



The First Boom: Building the Mines



Grief, Depression, and Disasters: Successes in the Midst of Failures



A Time of Bonanza



The Workers: Labor in an Industrialized Community



The International Community: Ethnicity Celebrated



The Moral Options: Sinners



The Moral Options: Saints



Princes and Paupers: Contrasts in Class



Over Time: Bonanza and Borrasca (1877-1942)



The Sequel to the Big Bonanza: Tourism and Television


Afterword


Notes


Bibliography and Bibliographical Essay


Index