| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 325 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Wilbur S. Shepperson series in Nevada history |
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Wilbur S. Shepperson series in Nevada history.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Immigration, ethnicity, and the rise of Las Vegas / Eugene P. Moehring -- 2. ethnic diversification of Las Vegas / Dina Titus / Thomas C. Wright -- 3. Southern Paiutes, the Native Americans / Martha C. Knack -- 4. Mexicans / M.L. (Tony) Miranda -- 5. African Americans / Earnest N. Bracey -- 6. Chinese / Sue Fawn Chung -- 7. Greeks / E.D. Karampetsos / Stavros Anthony -- 8. Italians / Alan Balboni -- 9. Jews / Michael Green -- 10. Croats / Jerry L. Smith -- 11. Poles / Ted G. Jelen -- 12. Filipinos / Art D. Clarito / Heather Lawler / Gary B. Palmer -- 13. Salvadorans / Jesse Dino Moody / Thomas C. Wright -- 14. Peoples from the Indian Subcontinent / Satish Sharma |
| Summary |
"In The Peoples of Las Vegas, seventeen local scholars from several disciplines - most of them members of the groups they write about - profile thirteen of the ethnic groups that make up Las Vegas's population. They discuss the motivations and processes of their group's migration to Las Vegas, its economic pursuits, its institutions and other means of preserving traditional culture, its involvement with the broader community and its ties with the homeland: as well as national and international demographic trends affecting immigration into southern Nevada. Here is a look into the vibrant ethnic life that lies just beneath the glittering surface of one of America's most unusual cities."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
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 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Ethnology -- Nevada -- Las Vegas
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Cultural pluralism -- Nevada -- Las Vegas
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Cultural pluralism
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Ethnic relations
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Ethnology
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Population
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| SUBJECT |
Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Population
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Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Ethnic relations
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| Subject |
Nevada -- Las Vegas
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Simich, Jerry L
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Wright, Thomas C
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| ISBN |
0874176514 |
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9780874176513 |
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