A window on the heyday of the American frontier.
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Acknowledgements
Introduction Twenty-one bits of glass, historical archaeology, and the meaning of the West
Chapter 1 Gold and silver!
Chapter 2 A crowded city on the mining frontier
Chapter 3 An Irish blacksmith and the archaeology of belief
Chapter 4 The Chinese
Chapter 5 Saloons and the archaeology of leisure
Chapter 6 Women on the mining frontier
Chapter 7 Kids on the Comstock
Chapter 8 Piper’s Opera House and the archaeology of theater
Chapter 9 Death and the material culture of the final chapter
Epilogue Breathing meaning into the past
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Ronald M. James is the long-term state historic preservation officer for Nevada and chairman of the National Historic Landmarks Committee of the National Park Service. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including The Roar and the Silence: A History of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode.
"Framing his inquiry within the cultural context of a nineteenth-century urban mining community, Ronald James elaborates on the ways in which artefacts, ecofacts, architecture, abandoned cemeteries, probate records, journals, newspapers, and maps offer new directions for understanding the dynamic history of the American West's great Comstock Lode and people from another century." Kelly J. Dixon, author of Boomtown Saloons: Archaeology and History in Virginia City.
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