History of Nevada
By: by Russell R. Elliott with the assistance of William D. Rowley ; line drawings by Jack Brodie.
Contributors: Rowley, William D.
Edition: 2nd ed., rev.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 472
Subjects: Nevada -- History.
Description: Maintaining the same high standards of the first edition, published in 1973, this new, revised edition is still the most comprehensive one-volume history of a state that was once thought of as "a bridge to somewhere else." In revising, Elliott summarizes the state's economic, political, and social history since 1973 and strengthens a major point he made then: that Nevada's acceptance of liberal marriage and divorce laws and of legalized gambling brought economic stability to a state singularly devoid of stable economic resources. -- from Book Jacket.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 411-453.
Includes index.