This updated edition of History of Nevada is still the most comprehensive one-volume economic, political, and social history of a state that was once thought of as "a bridge to somewhere else." It will be welcomed by students and general readers.

With its wealth of little-known historical data, this book chronicles the classic pattern of gold and silver rushes and emphasizes the differences between Nevada's two mining boom periods--the Comstock Lode of the 19th century and the latter-day boom period of the 20th century.