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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813187503321

Titolo

Gambling, space, and time : shifting boundaries and cultures / / edited by Pauliina Raento and David G. Schwartz ; contributors, Per Binde [and seven others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reno, Nevada ; ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : , : University of Nevada Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

0-87417-867-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 204 p. ) : ill., maps ;

Disciplina

363.42

Soggetti

Gambling

Gambling - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Moving the line : a postfrontier reinterpretation of American gaming / David G. Schwartz -- Within boundaries : Indian gaming in North Dakota and beyond / Steven Andrew Light and Kathryn R.L. Rand -- Gambling, space, and boundaries in Finland / Pauliina Raento -- Waterfront rise : urban casino space and boundary construction in the Netherlands / Sytze F. Kingma -- Trotting territory : the cultural realm of Swedish horse betting / Per Binde -- The cultural impacts of casino gambling in the deep south / Denise Von Herrmann -- The risk in using gambling to create "America's Playground" : Las Vegas, 1905-60 / Larry Gragg -- The power of place : experiencing Las Vegas through popular writing and fiction / Pauliina Raento.