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001 2017038040
003 DLC
005 20190524125304.0
008 170922s2018 nvu b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2017038040
020 _a9781943859603 (pbk. : alk. paper)
042 _apcc
043 _an-us---
040 _aDLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dDLC
050 0 0 _aHV6715
_b.A485 2018
082 0 0 _a338.4/779509730904
_223
245 0 0 _aAll in :
_bthe spread of gambling in twentieth-century United States /
_cedited by Jonathan D. Cohen and David G. Schwartz ; foreword by Ann Fabian.
264 1 _aReno
_aLas Vagas :
_bUniversity of Nevada Press,
_c[2018]
300 _axii, 284 pages ;
_c23 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aThe gambling studies series
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPart One : Policing -- 1. "The News from Brooklyn Is Disturbing" : Corruption, Big-City Police, and the Dilemma of Gambling -- 2. "The Ever Watchful Eye of the Magnate" : Policing and Ballpark Gambling in the Twentieth Century --Part Two : Promoting -- 3. "Avoid Advertising the Obvious" : Gambling and the Chamber of Commerce Promotion of Las Vegas in the 1950s -- 4. The Business of Gambling : How Press Releases Helped Legitimize the Gaming Industry in Las Vegas -- Part Three : Proliferating -- 5. Something for Nothing : The Fiscal Alchemy of Lottery Legalization -- 6. No End in Sight : How the United States Became a Gambling Nation, 1950 -- Part Four : Praying -- 7. In the Lion's Den : Evangelicals on the Las Vegas Strip and the Meaning of Billy Graham's 1978 Crusade -- 8. Sanctity, Pragmatism, and Paying the Bills : The Controversial Use of Bingo in Synagogues -- Part Five : Playing -- 9. Rolling the Dice : The Rise of the Reservation Casino and the Native American Fight for Cultural Survival -- 10. The Neoliberal Lottery : Elliot Rodger and the Affective Economy of Masculinity.
650 0 _aGambling
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aGambling industry
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
700 1 _aCohen, Jonathan D.,
_d1990-
700 1 _aSchwartz, David G.,
_d1973-
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_tAll in
_dReno : University of Nevada Press, [2018]
_z9781943859610
_w(DLC) 2017046088
999 _c233641
_d233641