University Of Nevada Press imprint: 244 books
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Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
In less than a century, the American West has transformed from a predominantly rural region to one where most people live in metropolitan centers. Cities and Nature in the American West offers provocative analyses of this transformation. Each essay explores the intersection of environmental, urban,...
The Pinon Pine
A Natural And Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1981
An engaging look at the history of the piñon pine and its ecosystem. Combining natural history and observations of the cultural importance of the tree to both native Indians and European settlers, Lanner provides information on the management of the tree and its interdependence with the birds and...
Witnesses to the Struggle
Imaging the 1930s California Labor Movement
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
In this groundbreaking interdisciplinary study, Loftis examines the artists who put a human face on the farmworkers’ plight in California during the Great Depression, focusing on writer John Steinbeck, photographer Dorothea Lange, sociologist and author Paul Taylor, and journalist Carey McWilliams....
by Marciano R. De Borja
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
The Basques played a remarkably influential role in the creation and maintenance of Spain’s colonial establishment in the Philippines. Their skills as shipbuilders and businessmen, their evangelical zeal, and their ethnic cohesion and work-oriented culture made them successful as explorers, colonial...
Cries of Crisis
Rethinking the Health Care Debate
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Since the late 1960s, health care in the United States has been described as a system in crisis. No matter their position, those seeking to improve the system have relied on the rhetoric of crisis to build support for their preferred remedies, to the point where the language and imagery of a health...
The Yuma Reclamation Project
Irrigation, Indian Allotment, and Settlement Along the Lower Colorado River
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2009
In the arid American West, settlement was generally contingent on the availability of water to irrigate crops and maintain livestock and human residents. Early irrigation projects were usually the cooperative efforts of pioneer farmers, but by the early twentieth century they largely reflected federal...
Married To A Daughter Of The Land
Spanish-Mexican Women And Interethnic Marriage In California, 1820-80
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2009
The surprising truth about intermarriage in 19th-Century California. Until recently, most studies of the colonial period of the American West have focused on the activities and agency of men. Now, historian María Raquél Casas examines the role of Spanish-Mexican women in the development of California....
The River and the Railroad
An Archaeological History of Reno
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
When the City of Reno decided at the beginning of this century to create a trench to lower the railroad tracks that ran through its center, archaeologists associated with the ReTRAC (Reno Transportation Rail Access Corridor) project had a unique opportunity to explore the evidence of thousands of...
by John C. Putman
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2008
This book traces the interplay of class, gender, and politics in progressive-era Seattle, Washington during the formative period of industrialization and the establishment of a national market economy. With the rapid westward expansion of the capitalist marketplace by the dawn of the 20th century,...
Class Acts
Young Men and the Rise of Lifestyle
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Class Acts explores the development of lifestyle marketing from the 1960s to the 1990s. During this time, young men began manipulating their identities by taking on the mannerisms, culture, and fashion of the working class and poor. These style choices had contradictory meanings. At once they were...
Where the Wild Books Are
A Field Guide to Ecofiction
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
As interest in environmental issues grows, many writers of fiction have embraced themes that explore the connections between humans and the natural world. Ecologically themed fiction ranges from profound philosophical meditations to action-packed entertainments. Where the Wild Books Are offers an...
by Mary Austin, Barney Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
This classic novel, first published in 1906 and based on Mary Austin's own experiences, captures the way of life of shepherds in the Sierra. Austin blends natural history, politics, and allegory in a genre-blurring narrative, championing local shepherds in their losing battle against the quickly developing...
by Alfonso Pérez-Agote
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2006
Translated by Cameron Watson and William A. Douglass. Foreword by William A. Douglass. The Basque people have preserved their ethnic identity and sense of themselves as a separate community despite centuries of repression, diaspora, and economic and social upheaval—one of the most remarkable achievements...
by Terry Huffman
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
The role of Native American teachers and administrators working in reservation schools has received little attention from scholars. Utilizing numerous interviews and extensive fieldwork, Terry Huffman shows how they define their roles and judge their achievements. He examines the ways they address...