University Of Nevada Press: 244 books
The Silver State, 3rd Edition
Nevada'S Heritage Reinterpreted
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
Nevada has changed dramatically over the past quarter century, and in this third edition of The Silver State, renowned historian James W. Hulse recounts the major events—historical, political, and social—that have shaped our state. Hulse’s cohesive approach offers students and general readers...
by Cheryl Angelina Koehler
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
***The complete guide to the entire Sierra Nevada***The Sierra Nevada is one of the most scenic, biologically diverse, and historically rich mountain ranges in North America. Touring the Sierra Nevada covers the entire range and its adjacent regions, exploring the Sierra Nevada from such world-famous...
Reno, Las Vegas, and the Strip
A Tale of Three Cities
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Eugene P. Moehring analyzes the development of Reno and Las Vegas since 1945 with special emphasis on the years after 1970. Major factors that shaped the development of both cities were the growth of corporate gaming and megaresorts and increased personal leisure and affluence. Moehring provides an...
Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California
Volume 3: More on the Northern Roads
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Valuable as these volumes are in relation to railroad operations in Nevada and California, their usefulness as authoritative reference sources embraces a much broader scope. Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California is as much a history of the region as it is a study of the railroads. The principal...
by Mike White, Douglas Lorain
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2015
The American West is home to some of the best backpacking trips in the world, and within California and Nevada are several outstanding destination trails. Hikers from all over the country, and around the world, travel to this area every season to undertake some of these classic trips of a lifetime...
Nevada's Environmental Legacy
Progress or Plunder
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2009
Nevada's relatively brief history (it became a state in 1864) has been largely a story of the exploitation of its natural resources. Mining has torn down mountains and poisoned streams and groundwater. Uncontrolled grazing by vast herds of sheep and cattle has denuded grasslands and left them prey...
Water Politics in Northern Nevada
A Century of Struggle, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
In northwestern Nevada, the waters of the Truckee, Carson, and Walker river systems are fought over by competing interests: agriculture, industry, Native Americans and newer residents, and environmentalists. Much of the conflict was caused by the Newlands Project, completed in 1915, the earliest federal...
by Kim Boyer, Mary Shapiro
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
The senior years can be daunting, for spouses, children, other caregivers, and seniors themselves. Too often a sudden crisis leaves a family unprepared and feeling helpless. Chronic illnesses and limited funds can present difficult and emotional choices regarding care or housing. Rules and resources...
The Sagebrush State
Nevada's History, Government, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Nevada’s politics are in large measure the result of its turbulent history and harsh environment. Michael W. Bowers’ concise volume explains the dynamics of the political formation process, which is strikingly unique among the fifty states. Even today, Nevada is unlike the other states in its...
St. Thomas, Nevada
A History Uncovered
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
The history of St. Thomas, Nevada, the remains of which today lay under the high water mark of Lake Mead, begins in 1865 with Mormon missionaries sent by Brigham Young to the Moapa Valley to grow cotton. In 1871 the boundary of Utah territory was shifted east by one degree longitude, and the town...
Devils Will Reign
How Nevada Began
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Nevada entered the Union in 1864 as the thirty-sixth state, a mere two decades after John Charles Frémont and his party undertook the first Euro-American exploration of the Great Basin. However, the intervening years were exceptionally eventful—gold was discovered in California in 1848; the debate...
A Reporter At Large
Dateline: Pyramid Lake, Nevada
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
In 1949, renowned journalist A. J. Liebling came to Reno to obtain a divorce, which required that he establish residency in Nevada for a period of six weeks. Liebling stayed at a guest ranch on the shores of Pyramid Lake. While there, his reporter’s curiosity was engaged by a bitter dispute raging...
The Sagebrush State, 4th Ed
Nevada’s History, Government, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2013
Nevada’s politics have been formed in large measure by its turbulent history and harsh environment. Bowers’ concise volume explains the dynamics of this process, which is strikingly unique among the fifty states. This is a readable and insightful explanation of how Nevada’s history has formed...
Crow's Range
An Environmental History Of The Sierra Nevada
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2008
John Muir called it the "Range of Light, the most divinely beautiful of all the mountain chains I’ve ever seen." The Sierra Nevada—a single unbroken mountain range stretching north to south over four hundred miles, best understood as a single ecosystem but embracing a number of environmental...