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Virginia City : secrets of a western past / Ronald M. James.
Penn Museum Library F849.V8 J364 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- James, Ronald M. (Ronald Michael), 1955-
- Series:
- Historical archaeology of the American West
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gold mines and mining.
- History.
- Silver mines and mining.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Virginia City (Nev.)--History.
- Virginia City (Nev.).
- Virginia City (Nev.)--Social life and customs.
- Virginia City (Nev.)--Antiquities.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Nevada--Virginia City.
- Silver mines and mining--Nevada--Virginia City--History.
- Gold mines and mining--Nevada--Virginia City--History.
- Nevada--Virginia City.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 147 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press and the Society for Historical Archaeology, [2012]
- Contents:
- Introduction : Twenty-one bits of glass, historical archaeology, and the meaning of the West
- Gold and silver!
- A crowded city on the mining frontier
- An Irish blacksmith and the archaeology of belief
- The Chinese
- Saloons and the archaeology of leisure
- Women on the mining frontier
- Kids on the Comstock
- Piper's Opera House and the archaeology of theater
- Death and the material culture of the final chapter
- Epilogue: Breathing meaning into the past.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780803238480
- 0803238487
- OCLC:
- 752472697
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