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 |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Hispanic Americans -- Nevada -- History
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Hispanic Americans -- Nevada -- Clark County -- History
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Hispanic Americans -- Nevada -- Washoe County -- History
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Hispanic Americans
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Spanjaarden.
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Amerikanen.
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Regions & Countries - Americas.
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History & Archaeology.
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United States Local History.
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SUBJECT |
Nevada -- History, Local
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Clark County (Nev.) -- History
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Washoe County (Nev.) -- History
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Subject |
Nevada
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Nevada -- Clark County
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Nevada -- Washoe County
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Genre/Form |
History
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Local history
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
97022015 |
ISBN |
0874173906 |
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9780874173901 |
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