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Christmas in Nevada
Northern Nevadan Patty Cafferata presents an impressive collection of Christmases in Nevada from 1958 through today, from historical accounts and personal stories of Nevadans (famous and not) to images of custom Christmas cards and black-and-white photographs of families and landmarks, including a bedecked Goldfield Hotel lobby (1920s), snow-covered downtown Sparks (1930), Fremont Street (1958) and the Stardust (1974). ($26.95, University of Nevada Press).
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Changing the Game: Women at Work in Las Vegas, 1940-1990
Joanne L. Goodwin, director of UNLV’s Women’s Research Institute of Nevada, examines the role of women in Las Vegas’ labor force, capturing decades of change and varying roles, including stories of prominent women from Sarann Preddy of the Moulin Rouge to Ffolliott Fluff Lecoque, an icon from the golden age of showgirls. ($27.95, University of Nevada Press).
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Imaging Hoover Dam: The Making of a Cultural Icon
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Anthony F. Arrigo, assistant professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, analyzes how one of America’s most famous civil engineering projects was packaged and marketed as a cultural icon through government propaganda, media and art. ($39.95, University of Nevada Press).
