An edition of Virginia City
(2012)
Virginia City
secrets of a western past
by Ronald M. James
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Social life and customs, Frontier and pioneer life, Silver mines and mining, Gold mines and mining, Antiquities, History, Frontier and pioneer life, nevada, Gold mines and mining, united states, Nevada, history, Nevada, social life and customs, Nevada, antiquitiesPlaces
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Virginia City: secrets of a western past
2012, University of Nebraska Press and the Society for Historical Archaeology, Bison Books
in English
0803238487 9780803238480
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Table of Contents
Introduction : 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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