Nevada, the Great Rotten Borough, 1859-1964Knopf, 1966 - 247 strani Surveys the state's history and describes its early economic control by California speculators and its later use of state sovereignty to foster political and legal mischief. |
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A State of Nature | 3 |
The Bank Crowd and the Bonanza Firm | 40 |
Working on the Railroad | 75 |
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