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Weber captures the connection between our waterways and aquifers and the subsequent historical developments they made possible: war industries associated with aviation and the atomic bomb, transportation, tourism, gaming, suburbanization. This book provides an extensive look into the city's founding and growth and how the environment has shaped, and continues to shape, our lives. --Thomas Crowe, rjmagazine An informatively and profusely illustrated atlas, Mapping Historical Las Vegas: A Cartographic Journey is exceptionally well organized and presented so as to be a truly comprehensive and inherently interesting reference and history of one of the more unique American cities in the country. --Midwest Book Review Weber's geographic take on Las Vegas history allows readers to not only understand the 'what' of the city's past and present, but also the 'where.' Such a perspective gives way to a profound appreciation of and deep connection to this unique place. I learned something new in every chapter. --Rex J. Rowley, professor of geography, Illinois State University, author of Everyday Las Vegas: Local Life in a Tourist Town The work is diligent and competent, the maps are clear and consistent, and the writing is straightforward and fact-based. --Richard Campanella, geographer and associate dean for research, Tulane School of Architecture

An informatively and profusely illustrated atlas, Mapping Historical Las Vegas: A Cartographic Journey is exceptionally well organized and presented so as to be a truly comprehensive and inherently interesting reference and history of one of the more unique American cities in the country. --Midwest Book Review Weber's geographic take on Las Vegas history allows readers to not only understand the 'what' of the city's past and present, but also the 'where.' Such a perspective gives way to a profound appreciation of and deep connection to this unique place. I learned something new in every chapter. --Rex J. Rowley, professor of geography, Illinois State University, author of Everyday Las Vegas: Local Life in a Tourist Town The work is diligent and competent, the maps are clear and consistent, and the writing is straightforward and fact-based. --Richard Campanella, geographer and associate dean for research, Tulane School of Architecture

Weber's geographic take on Las Vegas history allows readers to not only understand the 'what' of the city's past and present, but also the 'where.' Such a perspective gives way to a profound appreciation of and deep connection to this unique place. I learned something new in every chapter. --Rex J. Rowley, professor of geography, Illinois State University, author of Everyday Las Vegas: Local Life in a Tourist Town The work is diligent and competent, the maps are clear and consistent, and the writing is straightforward and fact-based. --Richard Campanella, geographer and associate dean for research, Tulane School of Architecture

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Joe Weber is a professor of geography at the University of Alabama, but he often returns to Las Vegas, a place filled with fond memories from his time as a youth growing up in the city. Weber received his PhD from Ohio State University, which led him to his present academic work focused on the changing geography of both national parks and the American highway system.

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