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The Making of Modern Nevada
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3381715The Making of Modern Nevadahttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-making-of-modern-nevada-9780874178333/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3397635/b8b7d186-f7bc-4acf-962e-41eee3791ea2.jpg?v=638385316473900000306425MXNUniversity of Nevada PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>Nevada has always been different from other states. Almost from its beginning, Nevada sanctioned behaviors considered immoral elsewheregambling, prize-fighting, brothels, easy divorceand embraced a culture of individualism and disdain for the constraints of more conventional society. In <em>The Making of Modern Nevada</em>, author Hal Rothman focuses on the factors that shaped the states original maverick, colonial status and those that later allowed it to emerge as the new standard of American consumer- ism and postmodern liberalism. Rothman introduces the masters who sought to own Nevada, from bonanza kings to Mafia mobsters, as well as the politicians, miners, gamblers, civic and civil-rights leaders, union organ- izers, and casino corporate moguls who guided the state into prosperity and national importance. He also analyzes the role of mob and labor union money in the development of Las Vegas; the Sagebrush Rebellion; the rise of megaresorts and of Las Vegas as a world icon of leisure and pleasure; and the political and social impact of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. <em>The Making of Modern Nevada</em> is essential reading for anyone who wonders how the Silver State got this way, and where it may be going in the twenty-first century.</p>...3318003The Making of Modern Nevada306425https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-making-of-modern-nevada-9780874178333/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3397635/b8b7d186-f7bc-4acf-962e-41eee3791ea2.jpg?v=638385316473900000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20109780874178333_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9780874178333_<p>Nevada has always been different from other states. Almost from its beginning, Nevada sanctioned behaviors considered immoral elsewheregambling, prize-fighting, brothels, easy divorceand embraced a culture of individualism and disdain for the constraints of more conventional society. In <em>The Making of Modern Nevada</em>, author Hal Rothman focuses on the factors that shaped the states original maverick, colonial status and those that later allowed it to emerge as the new standard of American consumer- ism and postmodern liberalism. Rothman introduces the masters who sought to own Nevada, from bonanza kings to Mafia mobsters, as well as the politicians, miners, gamblers, civic and civil-rights leaders, union organ- izers, and casino corporate moguls who guided the state into prosperity and national importance. He also analyzes the role of mob and labor union money in the development of Las Vegas; the Sagebrush Rebellion; the rise of megaresorts and of Las Vegas as a world icon of leisure and pleasure; and the political and social impact of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. <em>The Making of Modern Nevada</em> is essential reading for anyone who wonders how the Silver State got this way, and where it may be going in the twenty-first century.</p>...9780874178333_University of Nevada Presslibro_electonico_af4dc5d9-7690-371a-83a7-c596a2b3e14f_9780874178333;9780874178333_9780874178333Hal RothmanInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/uofchicagopress-epub-f5ff4565-9690-450b-b939-7bf7b2292348.epub2010-09-28T00:00:00+00:00University of Nevada Press