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Bright light city : Las Vegas in popular culture / Larry Gragg.
Van Pelt Library F849.L35 G275 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gragg, Larry Dale, 1950-
- Series:
- Culture America
- CultureAmerica
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Las Vegas (Nev.)--Social life and customs.
- Las Vegas (Nev.).
- Las Vegas (Nev.)--History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2013]
- Contents:
- 1 "Bright Light City": The Introduction to Las Vegas 6
- 2 Las Vegas: The Last Frontier Town 19
- 3 Bugsy Siegel and the Founding of Las Vegas 37
- 4 Organized Crime in Las Vegas 59
- 5 Images of Gambling in Las Vegas 97
- 6 The Entertainment Capital of the World 114
- 7 "Beautiful Women Were as Commonplace in Las Vegas as Poker Chips": Images of Las Vegas Women in Popular Culture 158
- 8 "So Much Luxury in the Middle of the Desert": Images of Luxury and Amenities in Las Vegas 180
- 9 "An Awful Place": The Negative Images of Las Vegas 203.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780700619030
- 0700619038
- OCLC:
- 818143718
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