Nevada - A Bicentennial History

Through a turbulent history, Nevada has searched for an identity to call its own. How well it has succeeded is the subject of Robert Laxalt's evocative portrait of the state and its people.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Robert Laxalt was a correspondent to the United Press Association and founded the University of Nevada Press. He was the author of several books that depicted life in the western United States.

Zusammenfassung

Sagebrush and neon, shepherds and gangsters, a crossroads and a refuge, Nevada is a state that "didn't deserve to be."

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robert Laxalt, Laxalt Robert
• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 08.01.2010
• EAN: 9780393334067
• ISBN: 978-0-393-33406-7
• Seiten: 180
• Serien: States and the Nation; States and the Nation
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; History, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas