UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones May 2016 The Birth of an Arts Scene William Goldberg University of Nevada, Las Vegas Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/thesesdissertations Part of the Sociology Commons Repository Citation Goldberg, William, "The Birth of an Arts Scene" (2016). UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones. 2673. http://dx.doi.org/10.34917/9112071 This Dissertation is protected by copyright and/or related rights. It has been brought to you by Digital Scholarship@UNLV with permission from the rights-holder(s). You are free to use this Dissertation in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s) directly, unless additional rights are indicated by a Creative Commons license in the record and/or on the work itself. This Dissertation has been accepted for inclusion in UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones by an authorized administrator of Digital Scholarship@UNLV. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE BIRTH OF AN ARTS SCENE By William Edward Goldberg Bachelor of Art in History California State University, Long Beach 1971 Masters of Social Work University of California Los Angeles 1980 A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy—Sociology Department of Sociology College of Liberal Arts The Graduate School University of Nevada, Las Vegas December 2015 Dissertation Approval The Graduate College The University of Nevada, Las Vegas November 30, 2015 This dissertation prepared by William Goldberg entitled The Birth of an Arts Scene is approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy – Sociology Department of Sociology Robert Futrell, Ph.D.