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viii, 175 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
A Great Basin Mosaic looks beyond the popular Reno, Lake Tahoe and Las Vegas regions of Nevada and reflects on the cultures of smaller towns. Oftentimes these other 'Nevadas' become short-changed by academic historians at the state level, resulting in a disconnect between the cultures that actually exist within these Nevada communities and the public's perception of them. This text remedies such neglect by adding to the research and writings about each Nevada county and town, offering concentrations on seemingly mundane politics and economic factors as well as providing some cultural and social analysis.
Two passageways across the Basin -- Nevada Territory and early statehood, 1861-1869 : Unionville and Austin -- Railroad stations along the Humboldt Trail : Big Meadows, Winnemucca, Battle Mountain, Carlin, Elko, and Wells -- Nineteeth-century towns of the Middle Corridor : Belmont, Pahranagat, Hamilton, Pioche, Panaca, and Eureka -- The politics of conscience : silver crusade, Native American policy, and woman suffrage -- Turn of the century : economics and culture -- Government experiments in Churchill County -- Copper is king : new technology in White Pine -- A lifeline for the southeast : Clark's Railroad -- The MX Missile controversy, 1978-1981, and the thirty-five-year water war, 1980-2015 -- Lovelock, Winnemucca, and Battle Mountain revisited -- New agendas for Elko County : tourists, entertainment, gold -- Changing landscapes in the twentieth century -- Spanning the distances, part one : newspapers, schools, and churches -- Spanning the distances, part two : connecting the north-center to the nation -- Appendix: Changing demographics, 1900-2010.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-160) and index.
Wilbur S. Shepperson series in Nevada history