History of Nevada: (Second Edition)

by Russell R. Elliott, William D. Rowley

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803276888
Publisher:	Nebraska
Publication date:	03/01/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	504
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

"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 Historian

Pacific Historian

"The appearance of History of Nevada is a major event in Nevada historiography."—Richard C. Lillard, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly

Nevada Historical Society Quarterly - Richard C. Lillard

"This is an immensely absorbing book about a ruggedly beautiful and wholly intriguing state."—American West

American West