Human expectations and illusions are the backdrop of today's Nevada as a new human frontier. As an overview of Nevada society, this study deals with culture, economics, tradition, and rapid population growth. The essayists inquire whether the friction between acquisition and preservation, quick wealth and refined sensitivity, will build a more humane and enlightened society.
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Human expectations and illusions are the backdrop of today's Nevada as a new human frontier. As an overview of Nevada society, this study deals with culture, economics, tradition, and rapid population growth. The essayists inquire whether the friction between acquisition and preservation, quick wealth and refined sensitivity, will build a more humane and enlightened society.
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Very Good. Trade paperback. xii, 189 pp. A clean, attractive copy. "Collection of essays in which a dozen historians and novelists present their impressions and concerns about 'end of the century' Nevada." Essayists include William A. Douglass, Russell R. Elliott, Charles R. Greenhaw, James W. Hulse, John Henry Irsfeld, William Kittredge, Robert Laxalt, Eugene P. Moehring, C. Elizabeth Raymond, Ann Ronald, William D. Rowley, and Wilbur S. Shepperson.
