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Item Details
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A SHORT HISTORY OF CARSON CITY
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| By: |
Richard Moreno |
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Paperback |
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£23.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0874178363 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780874178364 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 March, 2011 |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
Nevada's capital city is today a charming, modern community, with an unusually eventful past. This book traces its history from its origin as a mid-nineteenth-century trading post to its rise as the political centre of Nevada. |
| Synopsis: |
Nevada's capital city is today a charming, modern community, with an unusually eventful past. A Short History of Carson City traces its history from its origin as a mid-nineteenth-century trading post to its rise as the political center of Nevada. Here are the hard-working citizens and colorful characters, the political and business decisions, and the evolving economy that helped shape it. This is the first comprehensive historical account of a thoroughly modern state capital with its roots deep in Nevada's turbulent past. |
| Illustrations: |
60 b/w photographs |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Nevada Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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