Author: Thomas Kiely GormanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Seventy-five Years of Catholic Life in Nevada
Author: Thomas Kiely GormanHistory of Nevada
Author: Russell R. ElliottPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803267150
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Maintaining the same high standards of the first edition, published in 1973, this new, revised edition is still the most comprehensive one-volume history of a state that was once thought of as "a bridge to somewhere else." In revising, Elliott summarizes the state's economic, political, and social history since 1973 and strengthens a major point he made then: that Nevada's acceptance of liberal marriage and divorce laws and of legalized gambling brought economic stability to a state singularly devoid of stable economic resources. -- from Book Jacket
Inventory of the Church Archives of Nevada
Author: Nevada Historical Records Survey ProjectPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Inventory of the Church Archives of Nevada
Author: The Roar and the Silence
Author: Ronald M. JamesPublisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 0874174171
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 617
Book Description
Nevada’s Comstock Mining District has been the focus of legend since it first burst into international prominence in the late 1850s, and its principal settlement, Virginia City, endures in the popular mind as the West’s quintessential mining camp. But the authentic history of the Comstock is far more complex and interesting than its colorful image. Contrary to legend, Virginia City spent only its first few years as a ramshackle mining camp. The mining boom quickly turned it into a thriving urban center, at its peak one of the largest cities west of the Mississippi, replete with most of the amenities of any large city of its time. The lure of the area’s fabulous wealth attracted a remarkably heterogenous population from around the world and offered employment to dozens of trades and thousands of people, both men and women, representing every one of the region’s diverse ethnic groups. Ronald James’s brilliant account of the Comstock’s long and eventful history—the first comprehensive study of the subject in over a century—examines every aspect of the region and employs information gleaned from hundreds of written sources, interviews, archeological research, computer analysis, folklore, gender studies, physical geography, and architectural and art history, as well as over fifty rare photographs, many of them previously unpublished.
Inventory of the County Archives of Nevada: Ormsby County, Nevada
Author: Nevada Historical Records Survey ProjectPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1142
Book Description
Across God's Frontiers
Author: Anne M. ButlerPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 080783565X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Roman Catholic sisters first traveled to the American West as providers of social services, education, and medical assistance. In Across God's Frontiers, Anne M. Butler traces the ways in which sisters challenged and reconfigured contemporary ideas
Inventory of the County Archives of Nevada: Elko County, Nevada
Author: Nevada Historical Records Survey ProjectPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Beyond The Mafia
Author: Alan BalboniPublisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 0874173752
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
When Beyond the Mafia first appeared in 1996 it was hailed as a significant contribution to the history of Las Vegas and of ethnic minorities in America. Author Alan Balboni traces the history of Italians in Las Vegas from the founding of the city in 1905, recording their activities in the fledgling settlement. As Las Vegas grew, Italian Americans participated in every aspect of the city’s society and economy, including construction, retail establishments, hotels, and—after the statewide legalization of gambling in 1931—the casino industry. Basing his research on well over a hundred interviews, as well as the records of Italian American organizations, public agencies, and other sources, Balboni has produced a sparkling and thoroughly documented account of the history of one of Las Vegas’s most progressive and productive ethnic minorities. This new paperback edition includes an afterword by the author that brings the story of Las Vegas’s Italian Americans up to the present.