- Additional Authors
- Society for Historical Archaeology.
- Description
- 1 online resource (xxii, 147 p.) : ill.
- Series Statement
- Historical archaeology of the American West
- Uniform Title
- Virginia City (Online)
- Historical archaeology of the American West.
- Alternative Title
- Virginia City (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction : Twenty-one bits of glass, historical archaeology, and the meaning of the West -- Gold and silver! -- A crowded city on the mining frontier -- An Irish blacksmith and the archaeology of belief -- The Chinese -- Saloons and the archaeology of leisure -- Women on the mining frontier -- Kids on the Comstock -- Piper's Opera House and the archaeology of theater -- Death and the material culture of the final chapter -- Epilogue: Breathing meaning into the past.
- LCCN
- 2011038040
- OCLC
- ssj0000601876
- Author
James, Ronald M. (Ronald Michael), 1955-
- Title
Virginia City [electronic resource] : secrets of a western past / Ronald M. James.
- Imprint
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press and the Society for Historical Archaeology, c2012.
- Series
Historical archaeology of the American West
Historical archaeology of the American West.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Society for Historical Archaeology.