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The silver state : Nevada's heritage reinterpreted /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Reno :
University of Nevada Press,
©2004.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. |
| Colección: | Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities (Unnumbered)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; 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 194015. 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.