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The Making of Modern Nevada (Paperback)
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The Making of Modern Nevada (Paperback)
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Nevada has always been different from other states. Almost from its
beginning, Nevada sanctioned behaviors considered immoral
elsewhere-gambling, prize-fighting, brothels, easy divorce-and
embraced a culture of individualism and disdain for the constraints
of more conventional society. In The Making of Modern Nevada,
author Hal Rothman focuses on the factors that shaped the state's
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. The Making of Modern Nevada 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.
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