Richard O Davies

Biographic Data

ID458494
NAMERichard O Davies
GIVEN NAMESRichard
FAMILY NAMEO Davies
SIGNATUREDAVIES R O
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Nevada, Reno
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS30
TOTAL CITATIONS18
AUTHOR COUNT30
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1965
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX2

  • Blood, Sweat, and Tears

    Open AccessRichard O DaviesARTICLEJournal of American History2020

    As professional football emerged as the dominant spectator sport on television during the 1950s, viewers across the United States were increasingly confronted with the names of unfamiliar colleges and universities. Morgan State University, Grambling State University, Prairie View A&M University, Alcorn State University, Tennessee State University, and North Carolina A&T State University now moved into the national sports mainstream as premier ath…

  • All In

    Open AccessRichard O DaviesARTICLEJournal of American History2019Cited by: 2

    At the beginning of the twentieth century, gambling existed largely as a popular, if illegal, activity. Antigambling groups won the political battles, but those seeking opportunities for risk taking were nonetheless readily accommodated. Horse racing was permitted in a few venues, but telegraph wire networks made action on the sport of kings accessible nationwide. Gambling on baseball existed in urban areas, largely the province of bookmakers who…

  • Sports in American Life

    Richard O DaviesBOOKSports in American Life2016

  • Scott Laderman. Empire in Waves

    Richard O DaviesARTICLEThe American Historical Review2015

    Journal Article Scott Laderman. Empire in Waves: A Political History of Surfing. Get access Scott Laderman. Empire in Waves: A Political History of Surfing. (Sport in World History, no. 1.) Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2014. Pp. xii, 238. $26.95. Richard O. Davies Richard O. Davies Emeritus University of Nevada, Reno [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American…

  • The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime

    Richard O DaviesARTICLEJournal of American History2012

    Journal Article The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime: Horse Racing, Politics, and Organized Crime in New York, 1865–1913 Get access The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime: Horse Racing, Politics, and Organized Crime in New York, 1865–1913. By Steven A. Riess. (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2011. xxvi, 446 pp. $45.00.) Richard O. Davies Richard O. Davies Emeritus University of Nevada, Reno Reno, Nevada [email protected] Search for ot…

  • Fighting Traffic

    Richard O Davies, Peter D NortonARTICLEJournal of American History2009Cited by: 3

    This richly researched monograph contributes much to our understanding of the condition of modern urban America. Peter D. Norton, a historian of American technology, reminds us that Americans have lived with urban traffic issues for more than a century. By 1930, when nearly 30 million automobiles were registered, traditional two-way city streets began to give way to four- and six-lane boulevards. In 1956 the Eisenhower administration proposed a g…

  • The Fortunes of a Norman Family

    Richard O Davies, R DaviesARTICLEThe English Historical Review2002

    1All Souls College, Oxford The Fortunes of a Norman Family: The de Verduns in England, Ireland and Wales, 1066–1216 Mark S.Hagger DublinFour Courts P. 2001286£39.38

  • Divided Highways

    Richard O Davies, Tom LewisARTICLEJournal of American History2000Cited by: 10

    Journal Article Divided Highways: Building the Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life. By Tom Lewis. (New York: Viking, 1997. xiv, 354 pp. Cloth, $27.95, ISBN 0-670-86627-X. New York: Penguin Books, 1999. xiv, 354 pp. Paper, $13.95, ISBN 0-14-026771-9.) Get access Richard O. Davies Richard O. Davies University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Vol…

  • Community of Strangers

    Richard O DaviesARTICLEAgricultural History2000

    Book Review| October 01 2000 Community of Strangers: Change, Turnover, Turbulence & the Transformation of a Midwestern Country Town Community of Strangers: Change, Turnover, Turbulence & the Transformation of a Midwestern Country Town. Joseph A. Amato and John Radzilowski. Richard O. Davies Richard O. Davies Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Agricultural History (2000) 74 (4): 832–833. https://doi.org/10.1215/00021482-74.…

  • Main Street Blues

    Joseph A Amato, Richard O DaviesARTICLEThe American Historical Review2000

  • The Maverick Spirit

    Brian Miller, Brian S Miller et al.ARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly2000

    Journal Article The Maverick Spirit: Building the New Nevada Get access The Maverick Spirit: Building the New Nevada. By Davies Richard O.. (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1999. 304 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. $17.95, paper.) Brian S. Miller Brian S. Miller University of Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 31, Issue 2, May 2000, Pages 235–236, https:…

  • Main Street Blues

    John E Hallwas, Richard O DaviesARTICLEJournal of American History1999

    Journal Article Main Street Blues: The Decline of Small-Town America. By Richard O. Davies. (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1998. xiii, 236 pp. Cloth, $39.95, ISBN 0-8142-0781-0. Paper, $20.00, ISBN 0-8142-0782-0.) Get access John E. Hallwas John E. Hallwas Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 86, Issue 3, December 1999, P…

  • Barry Goldwater

    Richard O Davies, Peter IversonARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1998

    Journal Article Barry Goldwater: Native Arizonan Get access Barry Goldwater: Native Arizonan. By Iverson Peter. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997. xix + 267 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. $27.95.) Richard O. Davies Richard O. Davies University of Nevada, Reno Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 29, Issue 2, Summer 1998, Pages 226–227, https://doi.or…

  • Asphalt Nation

    Richard O Davies, Jane KayREVIEWJournal of American History1997

    Journal Article Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America, and How We Can Take It Back. By Jane Holtz Kay. (New York: Crown, 1997. xiv, 418 pp. $27.50, ISBN 0-517-58702-5.) Get access Richard O. Davies Richard O. Davies University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 3, December 1997, Pages 1144–1145, https://doi.org/10.2307/295323…

  • The National Road

    Richard O Davies, Karl RaitzARTICLEJournal of American History1997Cited by: 2

    Journal Article The National Road. Ed. by Karl Raitz. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. xviii, 489 pp. $34.95, ISBN 0-8018-5155-6.) Get access Richard O. Davies Richard O. Davies University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 1, June 1997, Pages 231–232, https://doi.org/10.2307/2952790 Published: 01 June 1997

  • Main Street Revisited

    Richard O Davies, Richard V Francaviglia et al.ARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1997

    Journal Article Main Street Revisited: Time, Space, and Image Building in Small-Town America Get access Main Street Revisited: Time, Space, and Image Building in Small-Town America. By Francaviglia Richard V (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1996). xxiv + 224 pp. Illustrations, charts, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. $39.95, cloth; $17.95, paper). Richard O. Davies Richard O. Davies University of Nevada at Reno Search for other works by…

  • National Cultures and European Integration

    Open AccessRichard Davies, Richard O DaviesARTICLEPolitical Geography1996

  • High Performance

    Richard O Davies, Robert C PostARTICLEJournal of American History1995

    Journal Article High Performance: The Culture and Technology of Drag Racing, 1950–1990. By Robert C. Post. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. xxvi, 416 pp. $35.95, ISBN 0-8018-4654-4.) Get access Richard O. Davies Richard O. Davies University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 1, June 1995, Pages 352–353, https://doi.org/10.2…

  • Defender of the Old Guard

    Duane Tananbaum, Richard O DaviesARTICLEJournal of American History1994

    Journal Article Defender of the Old Guard: John Bricker and American Politics. By Richard O. Davies. (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1993. xiv, 271 pp. Cloth, ISBN 0-8142-0606-9.) Get access Duane Tananbaum Duane Tananbaum Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 3, December 1994, Pages 1365–1366, http…

  • Sabre

    Robert E Wright, Jon Barry et al.ARTICLEThe Economic Journal1991

    Journal Article SABRE: Software for the Analysis of Binary Recurrent Events, Version 2.0 Get access SABRE: Software for the Analysis of Binary Recurrent Events, Version 2.0. By JON BARRY, BRIAN FRANCIS and RICHARD DA VIES (Lancaster: Centre for Applied Statistics, Lancaster University, 1990-List Price à à à à £200 + VAT for commercial companies; à à à à £100 + VAT for UK institutions and non-UK institutions of higher education; and à à à à £50 fo…

  • The Sizewell B Nuclear Inquiry

    Open AccessRichard Davies, Richard O DaviesARTICLEScience Technology & Human Values1984Cited by: 1

    If a public hearing into a proposed new nuclear power plant were merely a search for information, then the present Inquiry into plans to build Britain's first pressurized water reactor (PWR) would surely be judged a success. The detailed evidence and testimony on the station's safety, economics, and environmental impact already forms a mountain of paper several hundred feet high-according to the state-owned Central Electricity Generating Board (C…

  • District of Columbia

    Richard O Davies, David Levering LewisARTICLEJournal of American History1979

    Journal Article District of Columbia: A Bicentennial History. By David L. Lewis. (New York: Norton/American Association for State and Local History, 1976. xiii + 208 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, suggestions for further reading, and index. $8.95.) Get access Richard O. Davies Richard O. Davies Northern Arizona University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 66, Issue 2, Sep…

  • Republicans and Labor, 1919-1929

    Richard O Davies, Robert H ZiegerARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1970

  • All Our Yesterdays

    Richard O Davies, Frank B Woodford et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1970

    Journal Article All Our Yesterdays: A Brief History of Detroit. By Frank B. Woodford and Arthur M. Woodford. (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1969. 410 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, selected bibliography, and index. Cloth, $7.95; paper, $3.95.) Get access Richard O. Davies Richard O. Davies Northern Arizona University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 57, Issue 1,…

  • The Committee

    Richard O Davies, Walter GoodmanARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1968