Ronald M James

Virginia City

Secrets of a Western Past

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ronald M. James is the long-term state historic preservation officer for Nevada and chairman of the National Historic Landmarks Committee of the National Park Service. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including The Roar and the Silence: A History of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9780803238480
• ISBN-10: 0803238487
• Artikelnr.: 34747827

Autorenporträt

Ronald M. James is the long-term state historic preservation officer for Nevada and chairman of the National Historic Landmarks Committee of the National Park Service. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including The Roar and the Silence: A History of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Acknowledgements
Introduction   Twenty-one bits of glass, historical archaeology, and the
meaning of the West
Chapter 1   Gold and silver!
Chapter 2   A crowded city on the mining frontier
Chapter 3   An Irish blacksmith and the archaeology of belief
Chapter 4   The Chinese
Chapter 5   Saloons and the archaeology of leisure
Chapter 6   Women on the mining frontier
Chapter 7   Kids on the Comstock
Chapter 8   Piper’s Opera House and the archaeology of theater
Chapter 9   Death and the material culture of the final chapter
Epilogue    Breathing meaning into the past
Notes
Bibliography
Index