History of Nevada
(Second Edition)
2nd Edition
Published on 1. May 1987
Book
Paperback/Softback
504 pages
978-0-8032-6715-2 (ISBN)
Description
This updated edition of History of Nevada is still the most comprehensive one-volume economic, political, and social history of a state that was once thought of as "a bridge to somewhere else." It will be welcomed by students and general readers.
Reviews / Votes
""This is an immensely absorbing book about a ruggedly beautiful and wholly intriguing state.""-American West|""The appearance of History of Nevada is a major event in Nevada historiography.""-Richard C. Lillard, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly|""Well-written, extensively documented and carefully indexed, [this work] is a valuable contribution for the study of a state too often mentioned only for gold and silver rushes, atomic bomb testing, or the opulent honky tonk of Las Vegas and its ilk.""-Pacific HistorianMore details
Edition
2nd Rev edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Lincoln
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illus., maps
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8032-6715-2 (9780803267152)
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Persons
Russell R. Elliott is the author of Nevada's Twentieth-Century Mining Boom, and William D. Rowley is the author of U.S. Forest Service Grazing and Rangelands: A History. Elliott is a professor emeritus of history and Rowley a professor of history at the University of Nevada-Reno.