BROWSE - SERIES - Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in Nevada History
1 - 8 of 13 books
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The McCarthy Era at the University of Nevada
by J. Dee Kille
The University before and during World War II was a small (fewer than 2,000 students) school offering basic programs to a largely Nevada-based student body in the nation’s least-populated state....
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Archaeology and History in Virginia City
In Boomtown Saloons, archaeologist Kelly J. Dixon recounts the excavation of four historic saloon sites in Nevada’...
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Edited by Ronald M. James, Robert E. Stewart
When brothers Ethan and Hosea Grosh left Pennsylvania in 1849, they joined throngs of men from all over the world intent on finding a fortune in the California Gold Rush....
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A History
A Jewish, Latvian-born tailor patented the design for the world-famous Levi’s blue jeans. An industrious Jewish casino pioneer with a dubious past played an important role in the development of Las Vegas....
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Commercial Aviation and the Making of a Tourist City
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Las Vegas was a dusty, isolated desert town. By century’...
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A Centennial History
The meteoric rise of Las Vegas from a remote Mormon outpost to an international entertainment center was never a sure thing....
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Nevada has always been different from other states. Almost from its
beginning, Nevada sanctioned behaviors considered immoral elsewhere—...
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One City, Many Faces
Edited by Jerry L. Simich, Thomas C. Wright
The remarkable economic growth of Las Vegas between 1980 and 2007 created
a population boom and a major increase in the ethnic and religious diversity of
the city....
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