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Author Miranda, M. L. (Malvin Lane), 1939-

Title A history of Hispanics in southern Nevada / M.L. Miranda
Published Reno, Nev. : University of Nevada Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 262 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents 1. Early Spanish and Mexican Exploration, 1540-1848 -- 2. The Lure of Mining in Nevada -- 3. The Settlement of Nevada's Wild West -- 4. The Building of the Railroads -- 5. Discrimination, Biased Reporting, and the Creation of a Negative Stereotype -- 6. Braceros and Migrant Farmworkers in the Moapa Valley -- 7. The Growth of Clark and Washoe Counties -- 8. Nevada's Hispanic Immigrants -- 9. The Chicano Movement, Hispanic Organizations, and Activism in the 1960s and 1970s -- 10. The Latin Chamber of Commerce and Activism in the 1980s and 1990s -- 11. Recent Hispanic Population Trends, Economic and Social Issues, and Politics
Summary This lively, highly informative study covers the long and colorful past of Hispanics in Nevada, analyzes their growing role in the state's present - especially in the booming urban South - and offers some projections for their future, as well as for the future of research in this field. We discover that the contributions of Hispanics to Nevada are as diverse as the cultures and personalities of the various Spanish-speaking peoples who settled here, and that their importance as one of the state's fastest growing ethnic groups is no less interesting than their colorful past
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-249) and index
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Subject Hispanic Americans -- Nevada -- History
Hispanic Americans -- Nevada -- Clark County -- History
Hispanic Americans -- Nevada -- Washoe County -- History
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
Hispanic Americans
Spanjaarden.
Amerikanen.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
History & Archaeology.
United States Local History.
SUBJECT Nevada -- History, Local
Clark County (Nev.) -- History
Washoe County (Nev.) -- History
Subject Nevada
Nevada -- Clark County
Nevada -- Washoe County
Genre/Form History
Local history
Form Electronic book
LC no. 97022015
ISBN 0874173906
9780874173901