Cities, Sagebrush, and Solitude: Urbanization and Cultural Conflict in the Great Basin

by Stephanie L. Witt and Dennis R. Judd

Book Overview

Cities, Sagebrush, and Solitude explores the transformation of the largest desert in North America, the Great Basin, into America's last urban frontier. In recent decades Las Vegas, Reno, Salt Lake City, and Boise have become the anchors for sprawling metropolitan regions. This population explosion has been fueled by the maturing of Las Vegas as the nation's entertainment capital, the rise of Reno as a magnet for multitudes of California expatriates,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874179696
• ISBN13: 9780874179699
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"