Jeff Schauer is an assistant professor of History at UNLV, and author of Wildlife between Empire and Nation in Twentieth-Century Africa (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)
I have followed some of Nevada’s debates about its wildlife populations and governance issues with interest. I’m an historian, and I study wildlife conservation. My research is on eastern and southern Africa, far afield from Nevada from a geographic perspective. However, viewing Nevada’s debates through an historical lens, even one rooted in 1920s-1970s Africa, reveals […]
“Don’t become California!” is a common rallying cry in Nevada. It generally takes place a safe distance from reality, and involves claims that Gavin Newsom is a few notches to the left of Joseph Stalin. However, I too want to sound the alarm about the perils of emulating California. Nevada is at a crossroads. It […]
