2000, ISBN: 0874173566

[EAN: 9780874173567], Neubuch, [PU: University of Nevada Press, Reno], EUGENE P. MOEHRING, NEVADA'S URBAN ISSUES AND HISTORY, History|United States|20th Century, History|United States|Sta… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780874173567], Neubuch, [PU: University of Nevada Press, Reno], EUGENE P. MOEHRING, NEVADA'S URBAN ISSUES AND HISTORY, History|United States|20th Century, History|United States|State & Local|General, 392 pages. Softcover. New book. NEVADA. The thirty years since 1970 have been the most dramatic period in Las Vegas's history, according to renowned historian Eugene Moehring. In a new and expanded epilogue to this edition, Moehring looks at the major events of the last three decades and their underpinnings. Eugene P. Moehring, a native of Brooklyn, is professor of history at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is the author of Resort City in the Sunbelt: Las Vegas, 1930-2000 and Urbanism and Empire in the Far West, 1840-1890 and coauthor of Las Vegas: A Centennial History, among other works. "When this book first appeared in 1989, it received a favorable reception. In the new edition, Moehring has added a 30-page epilogue that focuses on the years between 1970 and 2000, the most rapid period of growth. He devotes attention to the enormous population increase and details the many new hotels and tourist attractions that were built in this era. With this expansion came familiar urban problems and increasing concern over water supplies. Although the city has enjoyed increasing prosperity, Moehring worries that the economy has been built around one basic industry, tourism, which could make it vulnerable in the future. But looking back from 2000, probably no other city in the United States has had such a spectacular rise as Las Vegas, and it makes for a spectacular story that he tells well." ÑGerald D. Nash, Journal of the West, Winter 2002 "Eugene P. Moehring is, perhaps, one of the most capable individuals active in the field of urban history. . . . Without becoming bogged down by an endless stream of almost indecipherable statistics, Moehring presents, in Resort City in the Sunbelt, an interesting picture of Las Vegas. Perhaps for the first time, Moehring looks at Las Vegas without being swallowed up in casino gambling. Of course, gambling is an important part of the city's history, but, as Moehring points out so well, it is not all-important. . . . While there are many more exciting accounts of Las Vegas, there are none more important than this for a serious Western or urban historian." ÑMatthew H. Gore, Journal of the West, October 1991 (Key Words: Eugene P. Moehring, Nevada's Urban Issues And History).<

2000, ISBN: 0874173566

[EAN: 9780874173567], Neubuch, [PU: University of Nevada Press, Reno], EUGENE P. MOEHRING, NEVADA'S URBAN ISSUES AND HISTORY, History|United States|20th Century, History|United States|Sta… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780874173567], Neubuch, [PU: University of Nevada Press, Reno], EUGENE P. MOEHRING, NEVADA'S URBAN ISSUES AND HISTORY, History|United States|20th Century, History|United States|State & Local|General, 392 pages. Softcover. New book. NEVADA. The thirty years since 1970 have been the most dramatic period in Las Vegas's history, according to renowned historian Eugene Moehring. In a new and expanded epilogue to this edition, Moehring looks at the major events of the last three decades and their underpinnings. Eugene P. Moehring, a native of Brooklyn, is professor of history at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is the author of Resort City in the Sunbelt: Las Vegas, 1930-2000 and Urbanism and Empire in the Far West, 1840-1890 and coauthor of Las Vegas: A Centennial History, among other works. "When this book first appeared in 1989, it received a favorable reception. In the new edition, Moehring has added a 30-page epilogue that focuses on the years between 1970 and 2000, the most rapid period of growth. He devotes attention to the enormous population increase and details the many new hotels and tourist attractions that were built in this era. With this expansion came familiar urban problems and increasing concern over water supplies. Although the city has enjoyed increasing prosperity, Moehring worries that the economy has been built around one basic industry, tourism, which could make it vulnerable in the future. But looking back from 2000, probably no other city in the United States has had such a spectacular rise as Las Vegas, and it makes for a spectacular story that he tells well." ÑGerald D. Nash, Journal of the West, Winter 2002 "Eugene P. Moehring is, perhaps, one of the most capable individuals active in the field of urban history. . . . Without becoming bogged down by an endless stream of almost indecipherable statistics, Moehring presents, in Resort City in the Sunbelt, an interesting picture of Las Vegas. Perhaps for the first time, Moehring looks at Las Vegas without being swallowed up in casino gambling. Of course, gambling is an important part of the city's history, but, as Moehring points out so well, it is not all-important. . . . While there are many more exciting accounts of Las Vegas, there are none more important than this for a serious Western or urban historian." ÑMatthew H. Gore, Journal of the West, October 1991 (Key Words: Eugene P. Moehring, Nevada's Urban Issues And History).<