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Suburban Xanadu: The Casino Resort on the Las Vegas Strip and Beyond: New
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- Book Title
- Suburban Xanadu: The Casino Resort on the Las Vegas Strip and Bey
- Publication Date
- 2003-05-30
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN
- 9780415935579
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10
0415935571
ISBN-13
9780415935579
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2338416
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Suburban Xanadu : the Casino Resort on the Las Vegas Strip and Beyond
Subject
Sociology / General, United States / West / Mountain (Az, Co, Id, Mt, NM, Nv, Ut, WY), General, Gambling / General (See Also Self-Help / Compulsive Behavior / Gambling), Customs & Traditions, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Travel, Social Science, Games & Activities
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
16.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2003-040927
Reviews
"Suburban Xanadu is an important addition to what we know about America's most exciting and controversial city. Dave Schwartz peels back myth to get to the heart of what really makes Las Vegas tick. A must for anyone who cares about culture in the new century!" -- Hal Rothman, author of Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started theTwenty-First Century "Suburban Xanadu tells the fascinating story of the rise of casinos on the Las Vegas Strip--something that has been much needed. Using the extensive Gaming Collection at UNLV, Dave Schwartz shows us that the popularity of casinos is no accident, but part of larger trends in American history. He approaches the topic with intelligence and thoughtfulness, and the result is a book that does a great job of explaining why Americans like casino resorts so much." -- Steve Wynn, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Wynn Resorts "Highly Recommended! Suburban Xanadu is a colorful and authoritative reading of the history of casino resort development in the United States. Schwartz's thesis--that Las Vegas in the 1950s and 1960s was brilliantly marketed as a safe vacation adventure for middle Americans trapped within everyday lives of conservatism and conformity--is both perceptive and spot-on." -- John Hannigan, author of Fantasy City: Pleasure and Profit in the PostmodernMetropolis
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
307.76/09793135
Table Of Content
Introduction 1. The Righteous and the Wicked 2. The Unwholesome Allure 3. A Fruitful Containment 4. Organizing Luck 5. Wiseguy Empire 6. When the Suits Come Marching In 7. The Casino Archipelago Epilogue: Odds against Tomorrow
Synopsis
The self-contained casino resort removes gambling and its social problems from cities and provides Americans with the comfort of gambling in a setting matched to their suburban lifestyle. This study locates the rise of the casino resort in suburbanization and its contemporary significance., Urban gambling, linked to poverty, crime and corruption, was once considered a blight on US cities. Gambling then followed the exodus of Americans into the suburbs after World War II and now, at the beginning of the 21st century, most Americans live within a four-hour drive of a casino. What explains the success of places like Las Vegas? The self-contained casino resort removes gambling and its social problems from cities and provides Americans with the comfort of gambling in a setting matched to their suburban lifestyle. In a detailed look at the growth of the earliest casino resorts to the "pleasure palaces" and riverboat casinos of today, "Suburban Xanadu" locates the rise of the casino resort in suburbanization and the significance of this development for today.
LC Classification Number
HV6721.N45S39 2003
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