MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01687nam a22003378a 4500
001 2011038040
003 DLC
005 20110913190308.0
008 110913s2012 nbu b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2011038040
020 $a9780803238480 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-nv
050 00 $aF849.V8$bJ364 2012
082 00 $a979.3/56$223
100 1 $aJames, Ronald M.$q(Ronald Michael),$d1955-
245 10 $aVirginia City :$bsecrets of a western past /$cRonald M. James.
260 $aLincoln :$bUniversity of Nebraska Press and the Society for Historical Archaeology,$c2012.
263 $a1205
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aHistorical archaeology of the American West
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : Twenty-one bits of glass, historical archaeology, and the meaning of the West -- Gold and silver! -- A crowded city on the mining frontier -- An Irish blacksmith and the archaeology of belief -- The Chinese -- Saloons and the archaeology of leisure -- Women on the mining frontier -- Kids on the Comstock -- Piper's Opera House and the archaeology of theater -- Death and the material culture of the final chapter -- Epilogue: Breathing meaning into the past.
651 0 $aVirginia City (Nev.)$xHistory.
651 0 $aVirginia City (Nev.)$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aVirginia City (Nev.)$xAntiquities.
650 0 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zNevada$zVirginia City.
650 0 $aSilver mines and mining$zNevada$zVirginia City$xHistory.
650 0 $aGold mines and mining$zNevada$zVirginia City$xHistory.
710 2 $aSociety for Historical Archaeology.