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License to Steal
Nevada's Gaming Control System in the Megaresort Age
by Jeff Burbank
These seven precedent-setting case studies taken from the files of the Nevada Gaming Control Board and Commission illustrate vital issues addressed in the first decade of Las Vegas' megaresorts.... more

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Life Among the Piutes
Their Wrongs and Claims
by Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins
This autobiographical work was written by one of the country's most well-known Native American women, Sarah Winnemucca.... more

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Mapping and Imagination in the Great Basin
A Cartographic History
by Richard V. Francaviglia
The Great Basin was the last region of continental North America to be explored and mapped, and it remained largely a mystery to Euro-Americans until well into the nineteenth century.... more

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Married to a Daughter of the Land
Spanish-Mexican Women and Interethnic Marriage in California, 1820-1880
by María Raquél Casas
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.... more

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The Maverick Spirit
Building the New Nevada
Edited by Richard O. Davies
A collection of biographical essays on fourteen contemporary Nevadans. The subjects of the essays are Maude Frazier;... more

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Monsters in the Woods
Backpacking with Children
by Tim Hauserman
How and why you should take your children backpacking Despite America’s enthusiasm for outdoors activities like hiking and backpacking, most books on these subjects focus on adults.... more

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National Identity
by Anthony D. Smith
Why do people feel loyalty to a nation, as well as to family, region, class, and religion? When is a healthy sense of national identity transformed into virulent nationalism?... more

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Nevada
A History
by Robert Laxalt
An evocative portrait of the state that "didn't deserve to be" but became one anyway. First published in 1977, this edition includes a new preface that reexamines Laxalt's predictions for Nevada made almost 20 years ago and reflects on the changes that have occurred in the state: the urban plight of Las Vegas and Reno, the renewed appreciation of the land by conservationists and opportunists, and the explosive growth of tourism and gaming.... more