The last gamble : betting on the future in four Rocky Mountain mining towns / Katherine Jensen and Audie Blevins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jensen, Katherine, 1946-2010.

Contributor:

Blevins, Audie L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gambling--Economic aspects--Rocky Mountains Region.

Gambling.

Gambling--Economic aspects--West (U.S.).

Community development--Rocky Mountains Region.

Community development.

Community development--West (U.S.).

Tourism--Rocky Mountains Region.

Tourism.

Tourism--West (U.S.).

Gambling--Economic aspects.

Rocky Mountains Region.

Physical Description:

x, 221 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [1998]

Summary:

When gambling was initiated in Deadwood, South Dakota, in 1989, and in three Colorado towns two years later, it became the dominant industry in these towns. Authors Katherine Jensen and Audie Blevins detail the dramatic changes in communities that stake their economic and cultural futures solely on the gambling industry.

Contents:

The drive for the legalization of gambling

Race, gender, and class in the legacy of the gamble

Stagnation and decay in retrospect

Gold rush returns

Historic preservation, facadism, and the fast buck

Community transformation in the gamble

Mining quarters: settler camps to gambler traps

Legalized gambling as a community development quick fix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-216) and index.

ISBN:

0816518548

OCLC:

38468425