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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Hulse, James W. Silver state. Reno : University of Nevada Press, 1998 (OCoLC)645903057 |
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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James W Hulse |
| ISBN: | 0874173183 9780874173185 |
| OCLC Number: | 39217040 |
| Description: | x, 375 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Series Title: | Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities (Unnumbered) |
| Responsibility: | James W. Hulse. |
Abstract:
The new edition gives close attention to social and political changes that have occurred since the original publication of The Silver State in 1991. Specifically, Hulse discusses the impact of a growing statewide population; new developments within the education system; the expanding roles of women; recent changes and developments in state politics; the exponential growth of Las Vegas; and an assessment of the changes in Nevada's growing ethnic population and increasingly divergent demographic groups. In addition, all of the recommended reading lists have been updated. This book will inspire students and general readers to take another look at the rich heritage of Nevada, the Silver State.
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