Gathering information from a variety of sources, including interviews, archaeological work, and computer analysis, a history of the Comstock Lode and Virginia City offers a fascinating look at the sil
Gloria P. Totoricaguena presents a thorough comparative examination of the remarkable endurance of Basque identity and culture in six countries of the far-flung Basque diaspora. Using the results of i
Greening the Lyre covers important and neglected ground—environmental language theory. David W. Gilcrest poses two overarching questions: To what extent does contemporary nature poetry represent a rec
In this compilation, Simich and Wright (political science and history, U. of Nevada, Las Vegas) extend their survey of the residents of Las Vegas in The Peoples of Las Vegas (2005) with 13 additional
White (Basque studies ,U. of Nevada, Reno) offers this second volume text covering the fundamentals of the Basque language intended for third and fourth semester students. Each chapter includes vocabu
Avella (religion, American life, and the American West; Marquette U., Wisconsin) describes the place of Catholicism in the capital of California from its origin as a gold rush town about 1850 to 2000.
Sauder (geography, U. of New Orleans) examines the Yuma Reclamation Project, authorized in 1904, which was one of the government's earliest federal irrigation projects in the western US. He explores t
The American West, from the beginning of Euro-American settlement, has been shaped by diverse ideas about how to utilize physical space and natural environments to create cohesive, sometimes exclusive
The Basques played a remarkably influential role in the creation and maintenance of Spain’s colonial establishment in the Philippines. Their skills as shipbuilders and businessmen, their evangelical z
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
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 th
Health care in the United States has been described as a system in crisis since the late 1960s. No matter their position, those seeking to improve the system have relied on the rhetoric of crisis to b
The Roosevelt elk populate the parks along California’s north coast and comprise the largest land mammals in the parks, some weighing up to 1,200 pounds. They are a stable terrestrial land mamma
