Oral History Program Of The University Of Nevada Reno Library
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Oral History Program Of The University Of Nevada Reno Library
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language : en
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Release Date : 1983
Oral History Program Of The University Of Nevada Reno Library written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Nevada categories.
The Oral History Project Of The University Of Nevada Reno Library
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Author : Mary Ellen Glass
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
The Oral History Project Of The University Of Nevada Reno Library written by Mary Ellen Glass and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Nevada categories.
Oral History Project University Of Nevada
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Author : University of Nevada, Reno. Oral History Project
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Oral History Project University Of Nevada written by University of Nevada, Reno. Oral History Project and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Nevada categories.
Becoming America S Playground
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Author : Larry D. Gragg
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2019-08-29
Becoming America S Playground written by Larry D. Gragg and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-29 with History categories.
In 1950 Las Vegas saw a million tourists. In 1960 it attracted ten million. The city entered the fifties as a regional destination where prosperous postwar Americans could enjoy vices largely forbidden elsewhere, and it emerged in the sixties as a national hotspot, the glitzy resort city that lights up the American West today. Becoming America’s Playground chronicles the vice and the toil that gave Las Vegas its worldwide reputation in those transformative years. Las Vegas’s rise was no happy accident. After World War II, vacationing Americans traveled the country in record numbers, making tourism a top industry in such states as California and Florida. The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce saw its chance and developed a plan to capitalize on the town’s burgeoning reputation for leisure. Las Vegas pinned its hopes for the future on Americans’ need for escape. Transforming a vice city financed largely by the mob into a family vacation spot was not easy. Hotel and casino publicists closely monitored media representations of the city and took every opportunity to stage images of good, clean fun for the public—posing even the atomic bomb tests conducted just miles away as an attraction. The racism and sexism common in the rest of the nation in the era prevailed in Las Vegas too. The wild success of Frank Sinatra’s Rat Pack performances at the Sands Hotel in 1960 demonstrated the city’s slow progress toward equality. Women couldn’t work as dealers in Las Vegas until the 1970s, yet they found more opportunities for well-paying jobs there than many American women could find elsewhere. Gragg shows how a place like the Las Vegas Strip—with its glitz and vast wealth and its wildly public consumption of vice—rose to prominence in the 1950s, a decade of Cold War anxiety and civil rights conflict. Becoming America’s Playground brings this pivotal decade in Las Vegas into sharp focus for the first time.
Key Pittman
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Author : Betty Glad
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 1986-08-04
Key Pittman written by Betty Glad and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-08-04 with Political Science categories.
Key Pittman
A Short History Of Carson City
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Author : Richard Moreno
language : en
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Release Date : 2011-03-28
A Short History Of Carson City written by Richard Moreno and has been published by University of Nevada Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-28 with History categories.
Nevada’s capital city is today a charming, modern community, with an unusually eventful past. A Short History of Carson City traces its history from its origin as a mid-nineteenth-century trading post to its rise as the political center of Nevada. Here are the hard-working citizens and colorful characters, the political and business decisions, and the evolving economy that helped shape it. This is the first comprehensive historical account of a thoroughly modern state capital with its roots deep in Nevada’s turbulent past.
A Short History Of Las Vegas
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Author : Barbara Land
language : en
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Release Date : 2004-03-01
A Short History Of Las Vegas written by Barbara Land and has been published by University of Nevada Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-01 with History categories.
Today’s Las Vegas welcomes 35 million visitors a year and reigns as the world’s premier gaming mecca. But it is much more than a gambling paradise. In A Short History of Las Vegas, Barbara and Myrick Land reveal a fascinating history beyond the mobsters, casinos, and showgirls. The authors present a complete story, beginning with southern Nevada’s indigenous peoples and the earliest explorers to the first pioneers to settle in the area; from the importance of the railroad and the construction of Hoover Dam to the arrival of the Mob after World War II; from the first isolated resorts to appear in the dusty desert to the upscale, extravagant theme resorts of today. Las Vegas—and its history—is full of surprises. The second edition of this lively history includes details of the latest developments and describes the growing anticipation surrounding the Las Vegas centennial celebration in 2005. New chapters focus on the recent implosions of famous old structures and the construction of glamorous new developments, headline-making mergers and multibillion-dollar deals involving famous Strip properties, and a concluding look at what life is like for the nearly two million residents who call Las Vegas home.
A Directory Of Oral History Interviews Related To The Federal Courts
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Author : United States. Federal Judicial History Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
A Directory Of Oral History Interviews Related To The Federal Courts written by United States. Federal Judicial History Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Courts categories.
This work was produced in furtherance of the Center's statutory mandate to conduct, coordinate, and encourage programs relating to the history of the judicial branch ...
With All Deliberate Speed
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Author : Brian J. Daugherity
language : en
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Release Date : 2011-05
With All Deliberate Speed written by Brian J. Daugherity and has been published by University of Arkansas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05 with Education categories.
This is the first effort to provide a broad assessment of how well the Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared an end to segregated schools in the United States was implemented. Written by a distinguished group of historians, the twelve essays in this collection examine how African Americans and their supporters in twelve states—Arkansas, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Delaware, Missouri, Indiana, Nevada, and Wisconsin—dealt with the Court’s mandate to desegregate “with all deliberate speed.” The process followed many diverse paths. Some of the common themes in these efforts were the importance of black activism, especially the crucial role played by the NAACP; entrenched white opposition to school integration, which wasn’t just a southern state issue, as is shown in Delaware, Wisconsin, and Indiana; and the role of the federal government, a sometimes inconstant and sometimes reluctant source of support for implementing Brown.
Reno S Big Gamble
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Author : Alicia Barber
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2023-05-19
Reno S Big Gamble written by Alicia Barber and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-19 with History categories.
When Pittsburgh socialite Laura Corey rolled into Reno, Nevada, in 1905 for a six-month stay, her goal was a divorce from the president of U.S. Steel. Her visit also provided a provocative glimpse into the city's future. With its rugged landscape and rough-edged culture, Reno had little to offer early twentieth-century visitors besides the gambling and prostitution that had remained unregulated since Nevada's silver-mining heyday. But the possibility of easy divorce attracted national media attention, East Coast notables, and Hollywood stars, and soon the "Reno Cure" was all the rage. Almost overnight, Reno was on the map. Alicia Barber traces the transformation of Reno's reputation from backward railroad town to the nationally known "Sin Central"—as Garrison Keillor observed, a place where you could see things that you wouldn't want to see in your own hometown. Chronicling the city's changing fortunes from the days of the Comstock Lode, she describes how city leaders came to embrace an identity as "The Biggest Little City in the World" and transform their town into a lively tourist mecca. Focusing on the evolution of urban reputation, Barber carefully distinguishes between the image that a city's promoters hope to manufacture and the impression that outsiders actually have. Interweaving aspects of urban identity, she shows how sense of place, promoted image, and civic reputation intermingled and influenced each other—and how they in turn shaped the urban environment. Quickie divorces notwithstanding, Reno's primary growth engine was gambling; modern casinos came to dominate the downtown landscape. When mainstream America balked, Reno countered by advertising "tax freedom" and natural splendor to attract new residents. But by the mid-seventies, unchecked growth and competition from Las Vegas had initiated a downslide that persisted until a carefully crafted series of special events and the rise of recreational tourism began to attract new breeds of tourists. Barber's engaging story portrays Reno as more than a second-string Las Vegas, having pioneered most of the attractions-gaming and prizefighting, divorces and weddings-that made the larger city famous. As Reno continues to remold itself to weather the shifting winds of tourism and growth, Barber's book provides a cautionary tale for other cities hoping to ride the latest consumer trends.