books by Nevada Humanities Committee

books by Nevada Humanities Committee

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Western Futures
Nevada Humanities Committee

Nevada Humanities Committee, 1999

What does the future hold for the American West? In this collection, seventeen humanities scholars from a range of fields and disciplines examine the possibilities as we enter the new millennium. The essayists explore the arbitrariness of "the millennium" as a date for change but acknowledge the millennium as a discussion point for analyzing ...

Western Technological Landscapes (Halcyon, V. 20)

Nevada Humanities Committee, 1998

The Donner Party Chronicles: A Day-by-Day Account of a Doomed Wagon Train, 1846-47

Frank Mullen

Nevada Humanities Committee, 1997

This is the Donner Party book I've been looking for!
The full-color, glossy photographs of major landmarks and points of interest along the Emigrant Trail from Springfield, MO to Johnson's Ranch in Bear Valley are stunning. The color photos, all taken by Marilyn Newton, are grouped together in the beginning of the ...

Community in the American West

Nevada Humanities Committee, 1999

Community in the American West brings together writers and photographers, poets, and essayists, to explore historical and contemporary views of "community" in the American West. Writers reject the tradition of judging western communities in terms of established values from the East and Europe, and they develop dimensions of the concept of ...

Stories from the Sagebrush; Celebrating Northern Nevada at the Millennium (A Halcyon Imprint)

Don Cox

Nevada Humanities Committee, 1999

Great Book!!
I glanced through this book while waiting for service in a local bank. I was so impressed with the pictures and drawings that I am ordering it for my husband's birthday. By that time I'll have found my glasses and will be able to enjoy the words too. Great detail ...

Moving Stories: Migration and the American West, 1850-2000 (Halcyon, V. 23.)

Nevada Humanities Committee, 2001

Ever since Frederick Jackson Turner, migration has been a central theme in the popular imagination and scholarly study of the American West. Moving Stories showcases today's varied scholarly approaches. Contributors from the fields of literature, history, and popular culture examine a range of topics: migration into, within, and out of the West; ...