The roar and the silence :
James, Ronald M. 1955-
The roar and the silence : a history of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode / Ronald M. James. - Reno, Nev. : University of Nevada Press, �1998. - 1 online resource (xxi, 355 pages) : illustrations, maps - Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities . - Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities (Unnumbered) .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-341) and index.
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Glimmer of Opportunity: The Setting; 2. The First Boom: Building the Community; 3. The First Boom: Building the Mines; 4. Grief, Depression, and Disasters: Successes in the Midst of Failures; 5. A Time of Bonanza; 6. The Workers: Labor in an Industrialized Community; 7. The International Community: Ethnicity Celebrated; 8. The Moral Options: Sinners; 9. The Moral Options: Saints; 10. Princes and Paupers: Contrasts in Class; 11. Over Time: Bonanza and Borrasca (1877-1942). 12. The Sequel to the Big Bonanza: Tourism and TelevisionAfterword; Notes; Bibliography and Bibliographical Essay; Index.
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The Roar and the Silence chronicles the area's history from its earliest days through the early twentieth century, when the lode finally gave out ant the Comstock sank into silent decay, and up to the present, when Virginia City and its environs found new life, first as a community of bohemians and artists, and more recently as a tourist attraction offering a taste of the frontier experience to visitors from around the world. James's text brings the Comstock to life again in all its complexity and boom-and-bust excitement. This book offers a wealth of new information and insight into the history of one of the Old West's most storied areas.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
0874174171 9780874174175
Mines and mineral resources--History.--Nevada--Virginia City
HISTORY--State & Local--General.
Mines and mineral resources.
Virginia City (Nev.)--History.
Comstock Lode (Nev.)--History.
Nevada--Comstock Lode.
Nevada--Virginia City.
Electronic books.
History.
F849.V8 / J35 1998eb
979.3/56
The roar and the silence : a history of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode / Ronald M. James. - Reno, Nev. : University of Nevada Press, �1998. - 1 online resource (xxi, 355 pages) : illustrations, maps - Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities . - Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities (Unnumbered) .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-341) and index.
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Glimmer of Opportunity: The Setting; 2. The First Boom: Building the Community; 3. The First Boom: Building the Mines; 4. Grief, Depression, and Disasters: Successes in the Midst of Failures; 5. A Time of Bonanza; 6. The Workers: Labor in an Industrialized Community; 7. The International Community: Ethnicity Celebrated; 8. The Moral Options: Sinners; 9. The Moral Options: Saints; 10. Princes and Paupers: Contrasts in Class; 11. Over Time: Bonanza and Borrasca (1877-1942). 12. The Sequel to the Big Bonanza: Tourism and TelevisionAfterword; Notes; Bibliography and Bibliographical Essay; Index.
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The Roar and the Silence chronicles the area's history from its earliest days through the early twentieth century, when the lode finally gave out ant the Comstock sank into silent decay, and up to the present, when Virginia City and its environs found new life, first as a community of bohemians and artists, and more recently as a tourist attraction offering a taste of the frontier experience to visitors from around the world. James's text brings the Comstock to life again in all its complexity and boom-and-bust excitement. This book offers a wealth of new information and insight into the history of one of the Old West's most storied areas.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
0874174171 9780874174175
Mines and mineral resources--History.--Nevada--Virginia City
HISTORY--State & Local--General.
Mines and mineral resources.
Virginia City (Nev.)--History.
Comstock Lode (Nev.)--History.
Nevada--Comstock Lode.
Nevada--Virginia City.
Electronic books.
History.
F849.V8 / J35 1998eb
979.3/56