The grit beneath the glitter : tales from the real Las Vegas /
The Grit Beneath the Glitter is the first real look at the new Las Vegas from the inside. In it, long-time residents as well as professionals reflect on the transformation of one of the fastest-growing and most famous cities on earth, yet one about which relatively little is known.
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Davis, Mike, 1946-2022. Rothman, Hal, 1958-2007. |
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| Formatua: | eBook Baliabide elektronikoa |
| Hizkuntza: | English |
| Imprint: | Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002. |
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| Sarrera elektronikoa: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
| Gaia: | The Grit Beneath the Glitter is the first real look at the new Las Vegas from the inside. In it, long-time residents as well as professionals reflect on the transformation of one of the fastest-growing and most famous cities on earth, yet one about which relatively little is known. The Grit Beneath the Glitter is the first real look at the new Las Vegas from the inside. In it, long-time residents as well as professionals reflect on the transformation of one of the fastest-growing and most famous cities on earth, yet one about which relatively little is known. They offer a lively and compelling portrait of the other side of Las Vegas: the people and institutions that support the glitter of the gaming and entertainment industry. Examining a range of topics--from the city's commercial history, labor conditions, and environmental problems to an analysis of the famous lights of the Strip--the contributors uncover the contradictions between the illusion and the reality of the city, the seam between fantasy and the life it masks. The essays in this collection explore the world that employees experience when they enter gaming palaces from an employee entrance in a back parking lot rather than through the scripted doors of casino/hotel palaces. They take readers into the neighborhoods where 1.4 million Americans now live, attend school, eat dinner, and go to work. |
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| Alearen deskribapena: | Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Deskribapen fisikoa: | 1 online resource (388 pages) |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0520935454 1417525347 1597346438 9780520935457 9781417525348 9781597346436 |
| Notas de Autor: | Hal Rothman is Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Among his books are Devil's Bargains (1998), The Greening of a Nation? (1998), and Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the 21st Century (due out in 2002). Mike Davis is Professor of History at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. He is the author of City of Quartz (1992) and Ecology of Fear (1998), among other books. |