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The grit beneath the glitter [[electronic resource] ] : tales from the real Las Vegas / / edited by Hal K. Rothman and Mike Davis
| The grit beneath the glitter [[electronic resource] ] : tales from the real Las Vegas / / edited by Hal K. Rothman and Mike Davis |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (396 p.) |
| Disciplina | 979.3/135034 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RothmanHal <1958-2007.>
DavisMike <1946-> |
| Soggetto topico | HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-520-93545-4
1-282-76241-9 9786612762413 1-59734-643-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Many Faces of Las Vegas -- Scripting Las Vegas: Noir Naïfs, Junking Up, and the New Strip -- Las Vegas of the Mind: Shooting Movies in and about Nevada -- Discordant Infrastructure -- Growth, Services, and the Political Economy of Gambling in Las Vegas, 1970-2000 -- Lighting Las Vegas: Electricity and the City of Glitz -- Build It and the Water Will Come -- The Social Costs of Rapid Urbanization in Southern Nevada -- Rise to Power: The Recent History of the Culinary Union in Las Vegas -- Class Struggle in Oz -- "Squeezing the Juice Out of Las Vegas": Reflections On Growing Up in Smalltown, USA -- I Didn't Know Anybody Lived There -- How I Became a Native -- Inside the Glitter: Lives of Casino Workers -- "She Works Hard for Her Money": A Reassessment of Las Vegas Women Workers, 1945-1985 -- The Racial Cauldron -- Inside Jean -- Looking into a Dry Lake: Uncovering the Women's View of Las Vegas A Film Journal -- Colony, Capital, and Casino: Money in the Real Las Vegas -- Who Puts the "Sin" in "Sin City" Stories? Girls of Grit and Glitter in the City of Women -- Nevada Goes Global: The Foreign Gaming Rule and the Spread of Casinos -- Canto: Las Vegas -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450082703321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The grit beneath the glitter [[electronic resource] ] : tales from the real Las Vegas / / edited by Hal K. Rothman and Mike Davis
| The grit beneath the glitter [[electronic resource] ] : tales from the real Las Vegas / / edited by Hal K. Rothman and Mike Davis |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (396 p.) |
| Disciplina | 979.3/135034 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RothmanHal <1958-2007.>
DavisMike <1946-2022.> |
| Soggetto topico | HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic
casino workers casino culinary drought essay anthology essay collection global hal rotham jon christensen kit miller las vegas strip las vegas mike davis nevada noir norman klein peter goin political economy politics power race issues race racial issues racism regional history regional scholarly sex workers sin city unions urbanization water |
| ISBN |
0-520-93545-4
1-282-76241-9 9786612762413 1-59734-643-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Many Faces of Las Vegas -- Scripting Las Vegas: Noir Naïfs, Junking Up, and the New Strip -- Las Vegas of the Mind: Shooting Movies in and about Nevada -- Discordant Infrastructure -- Growth, Services, and the Political Economy of Gambling in Las Vegas, 1970-2000 -- Lighting Las Vegas: Electricity and the City of Glitz -- Build It and the Water Will Come -- The Social Costs of Rapid Urbanization in Southern Nevada -- Rise to Power: The Recent History of the Culinary Union in Las Vegas -- Class Struggle in Oz -- "Squeezing the Juice Out of Las Vegas": Reflections On Growing Up in Smalltown, USA -- I Didn't Know Anybody Lived There -- How I Became a Native -- Inside the Glitter: Lives of Casino Workers -- "She Works Hard for Her Money": A Reassessment of Las Vegas Women Workers, 1945-1985 -- The Racial Cauldron -- Inside Jean -- Looking into a Dry Lake: Uncovering the Women's View of Las Vegas A Film Journal -- Colony, Capital, and Casino: Money in the Real Las Vegas -- Who Puts the "Sin" in "Sin City" Stories? Girls of Grit and Glitter in the City of Women -- Nevada Goes Global: The Foreign Gaming Rule and the Spread of Casinos -- Canto: Las Vegas -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782968903321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The murder of Sonny Liston Las Vegas, heroin, and heavyweights
| The murder of Sonny Liston Las Vegas, heroin, and heavyweights |
| Autore | Assael Shaun |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York New York, : Blue Rider Press, 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 pages) |
| Disciplina | 796.83092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Heroin - History - 20th century - Nevada - Las Vegas
African American boxers - United States Boxers (Sports) |
| Classificazione | SPO008000BIO016000TRU000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136646903321 |
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| New York New York, : Blue Rider Press, 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reno, Las Vegas, and the strip : a tale of three cities / / Eugene P. Moehring
| Reno, Las Vegas, and the strip : a tale of three cities / / Eugene P. Moehring |
| Autore | Moehring Eugene P. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reno, Nevada ; ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : , : University of Nevada Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
| Disciplina | 979.3/55033 |
| Collana | Wilbur S. Shepperson series in Nevada history |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-87417-956-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Reno, Las Vegas and the "Strip City" -- Reno area: gambling gains ascendancy, 1945-1970 -- Las Vegas area: laying the foundation, 1945-1975 -- Reno area: the growth wave rises and recedes, 1970-1990 -- Las Vegas area: recession turns to boom, 1975-2007 -- The Reno area in transition and depression, 1990-2013 -- Las Vegas area: depression and some recovery, 2008-2013 -- The Reno and Las Vegas areas: a comparative view. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460102403321 |
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| Reno, Nevada ; ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : , : University of Nevada Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reno, Las Vegas, and the strip : a tale of three cities / / Eugene P. Moehring
| Reno, Las Vegas, and the strip : a tale of three cities / / Eugene P. Moehring |
| Autore | Moehring Eugene P. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reno, Nevada ; ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : , : University of Nevada Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
| Disciplina | 979.3/55033 |
| Collana | Wilbur S. Shepperson series in Nevada history |
| ISBN | 0-87417-956-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Reno, Las Vegas and the "Strip City" -- Reno area: gambling gains ascendancy, 1945-1970 -- Las Vegas area: laying the foundation, 1945-1975 -- Reno area: the growth wave rises and recedes, 1970-1990 -- Las Vegas area: recession turns to boom, 1975-2007 -- The Reno area in transition and depression, 1990-2013 -- Las Vegas area: depression and some recovery, 2008-2013 -- The Reno and Las Vegas areas: a comparative view. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787151703321 |
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| Reno, Nevada ; ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : , : University of Nevada Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reno, Las Vegas, and the strip : a tale of three cities / / Eugene P. Moehring
| Reno, Las Vegas, and the strip : a tale of three cities / / Eugene P. Moehring |
| Autore | Moehring Eugene P. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reno, Nevada ; ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : , : University of Nevada Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
| Disciplina | 979.3/55033 |
| Collana | Wilbur S. Shepperson series in Nevada history |
| ISBN | 0-87417-956-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Reno, Las Vegas and the "Strip City" -- Reno area: gambling gains ascendancy, 1945-1970 -- Las Vegas area: laying the foundation, 1945-1975 -- Reno area: the growth wave rises and recedes, 1970-1990 -- Las Vegas area: recession turns to boom, 1975-2007 -- The Reno area in transition and depression, 1990-2013 -- Las Vegas area: depression and some recovery, 2008-2013 -- The Reno and Las Vegas areas: a comparative view. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811815703321 |
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Moehring Eugene P.
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| Reno, Nevada ; ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : , : University of Nevada Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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