Neon Metropolis How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century

Name: Neon Metropolis How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century
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ISBN: 9780415926133

ISBN-10: 0415926130

ISBN-13: 9780415926133

Edition: 2003

Authors: Hal Rothman

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Praise for the Previous Edition (0 415 92612 2): "...lively and provocative...this book will teach you something startling on nearly every page..." --The New York Times Book Review Like the Emerald City, Las Vegas glitters brightly in the vast Nevada desert, a haven for refugees from ordinary America. A hip, iconic, playground that exports nothing, it nonetheless earns billions from consumer services alone -- gambling, hotels, gaming, and entertainment. It is, historian Hal Rothman argues, the quintessential city of the future. As other cities try to mirror its success and huge, respectable corporations like Coca-Cola invest in a piece of the pie, the very traits that have ostracized Las…

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List price: $42.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/18/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 340
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.74" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Making Money



Inventing Modern Las Vegas



It's Hard to Be Elvis in Las Vegas: Entertainment in the Malleable Metropolis



The Last Detroit: The New Service Economy



Freedom and Limits in a City of Pleasure



Filling Las Vegas



The New Emigrant Trail



The Face of the Future



Aztlan in Neon: Latinos in the New City



Building a New City



The Tortoise and the Air: Life in a Libertarian Desert



Rolling to a Stop: The Weight of Traffic



The Instant Metropolis: Building a City without Basements or Closets



Community from Nothingness: Neighborhoods of Affinity


Epilogue


Selected Bibliography


Index