Nevada : A History of the Silver State / Michael S. Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Michael S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nevada--History.

Nevada.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Reno, Nevada ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : University of Nevada Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nevada: A History of the Silver State has been named a CHOICE Outstanding Title.Michael S. Green, a leading Nevada historian, provides a detailed survey of the Silver State's past, from the arrival of the early European explorers, to the predominance of mining in the 1800s, to the rise of world-class tourism in the twentieth century, and to more recent attempts to diversify the economy.Of the numerous themes central to Green's analysis of Nevada's history, luck plays a significant role in the state's growth. The miners and gamblers who first visited the state all bet on luck. Today, the biggest contributor to Nevada's tourist economy, gaming, still relies on that same belief in luck. Nevada's financial system has generally been based on a "one industry" economy, first mining and, more recently, gaming. Green delves deeply into the limitations of this structure, while also exploring the theme of exploitation of the land and the overuse of the state's natural resources. Green covers many more aspects of the Silver State's narrative, including the dominance of one region of the state over another, political forces and corruption, and the citizens' often tumultuous relationship with the federal government. The book will appeal to scholars, students, and other readers interested in Nevada history.

Contents:

Understanding the place

Before Euro-American settlement

Explorers, emigrants, and expansion

Building up to a crisis

The Civil War and Nevada

The nineteenth-century mining boom

Boom, bust, and reform

A new century, a new boom

Making progress

From Roaring Twenties to Depression and change

The federal landscape, 1933-1945

The postwar boom, 1946-1958

Reshaping Nevada, 1958-1970

Conservative Nevada, changing nevada, 1971-89

A troubled boom, 1989-2001

Nevada in the twenty-first century.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780874179743

0874179742

OCLC:

908262909