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Vegas at odds : labor conflict in a leisure economy, 1960-1985 / James P. Kraft.
Lippincott Library HD8085.L373 K73 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kraft, James P.
- Series:
- Studies in industry and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor movement--Nevada--Las Vegas--History--20th century.
- Labor movement.
- Labor--Nevada--Las Vegas--History--20th century.
- Labor.
- History.
- Las Vegas (Nev.)--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Las Vegas (Nev.).
- Nevada--Las Vegas.
- Physical Description:
- x, 273 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- The rise of corporate resorts
- Working in Las Vegas
- The first work stoppages
- The struggle for the casinos
- Workplace incidents
- Fighting for equal rights
- The spirit of '76
- Management digs in, 1982-1984
- The strike of 1984-1985.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801893575
- 0801893577
- OCLC:
- 310959675
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