University Of Nevada Press: 244 books
A Great Basin Mosaic
The Cultures of Rural Nevada
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
The Nevada of lesser-known cities, towns, and outposts deserve their separate chronicles, and here Hulse fills a wide gap. He contributes in a text rich with memories tramping through rural Nevada as a child, then as a journalist seeking news and gossip, then later as an academic historian and a parent...
Literary Nevada
Writings from the Silver State
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Over 200 writings about Nevada with selections from Native American tales to contemporary writings on urban experience and environmental concerns. The state of Nevada embodies paradox and contradiction—home to one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation and to isolated ranches scattered across...
Uncovering Nevada's Past
A Primary Source History of the Silver State
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
Nevada’s relatively brief history has been nonetheless remarkably eventful. From the activities of the first Euro-American explorers to the booms and busts of the mining industry, from the struggles and artistry of the Native Americans to the establishment of liberal divorce laws and such unique...
The Civilian Conservation Corps in Nevada
From Boys to Men
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
The Great Depression of the 1930s had a devastating impact on sparsely populated Nevada and its two major industries, mining and agriculture. Luckily, thanks to Nevada’s powerful Senate delegation, Roosevelt’s New Deal funding flowed abundantly into the state. Among the programs thus supported...
Nevada's Great Recession
Looking Back, Moving Forward
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2017
Of all economic recessions experienced by the United States in the postwar period, the Great Recession that began in 2008 was the deepest, longest, and most destructive. Nevada was among the hardest hit states, its people reeling from the aftereffects, and the state government also experiencing a...
Nevada's Historic Buildings
A Cultural Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
The history of any place is conveyed through a range of documents and artifacts, including the buildings that over time have sheltered people and their activities. This is especially true in Nevada, a place where the harshness of the landscape and the isolation and mobility of the population challenged...
Nevada's Twentieth-Century Mining Boom
Tonopah, Goldfield, Ely
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1966
Twenty years after the decline of the magnificent Comstock Lode, Nevada’s prosperity and population had diminished to such a degree that some popular articles questioned whether to deprive Nevada of her statehood. Then in the spring of 1900, a miner discovered silver in south-central Nevada. This...
Nevada
A History of the Silver State
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2015
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...
The Main Event
Boxing in Nevada from the Mining Camps to the Las Vegas Strip
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Richard O. Davies won Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Bronze Medal in Sports for The Main Event: Boxing in Nevada from the Mining Camps to the Las Vegas Strip. Davies' book was chosen as one of the best indie books of 2014.
As the twentieth century dawned, bare-knuckle prizefighting...
by Hal Rothman
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Nevada has always been different from other states. Almost from its beginning, Nevada sanctioned behaviors considered immoral elsewhere—gambling, prize-fighting, brothels, easy divorce—and embraced a culture of individualism and disdain for the constraints of more conventional society. In The...
50 Classic Hikes In Nevada
From The Ruby Mountains To Red Rock Canyon
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2006
Nevada boasts some of the most diverse and beautiful landscapes in North America and is rich in trails that embrace the state’s scenic, geologic, and historic resources. Mike White, renowned outdoors writer and instructor, now offers a guide to fifty of the best Nevada hikes, ranging across the...
Wild Nevada
Testimonies On Behalf Of The Desert
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
For many people beyond Nevada’s borders, the state is no more than the nation’s desert dumping ground for dangerous waste. Others know it only for its hedonistic centers of gambling and entertainment. This scandal belies the extraordinary beauty and wonder of the state’s wilderness areas and...
Elvis, Marilyn, and the Space Aliens
Icons on Screen in Nevada
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, and space aliens like the Transformers share a surprising connection along with James Bond, Indiana Jones, and Rocky Balboa. These beloved icons played active roles in movie and television projects set in the state of Nevada. Long time state film commissioner and movie...
Jews in Nevada
A History
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
Jews have always been one of Nevada’s most active and influential ethnic minorities. They were among the state’s earliest Euro-American settlers, and from the beginning they have been involved in every area of the state’s life as businessmen, agrarians, scholars, educators, artists, politicians,...