Silver State, 3rd Edition Nevada's Heritage Reinterpreted

Name: Silver State, 3rd Edition Nevada's Heritage Reinterpreted
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ISBN: 9780874175929

ISBN-10: 0874175925

ISBN-13: 9780874175929

Edition: 3rd 2004

Authors: James W. Hulse

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Book details

List price: $21.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Publication date: 7/9/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 5.60" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface



The Space and the Natural Setting



Native Americans



The First Explorers



Settlers on the Move, 1841-1850



Three Cultures in Collision, 1850-1860



The Early Comstock and Statehood



Colorado Steamboats, Eldorado Canyon, and the Second Wave of Mormons



The Era of the Boomtowns, 1865-1878



The Railroads and Their Towns



The Livestock Oligarchy and the Agricultural Frontier



Crusaders for Silver, Indians' and Women's Rights



The Second Mining Boom



The Second Era of Railroad Building



New Urban Experiments: Reno and Las Vegas Since 1940



Land and Water: Changing Policies and Uses



Nevada Governments: Federal, State, and Local



Gambling and Tourism



Community Building in the Silver State



The Struggle for Equal Rights



The Twelve Northern Counties



The Five Southern Counties


Selected Bibliography


Index