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Reno, Las Vegas, and the Strip : a tale of three cities / Eugene P. Moehring.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moehring, Eugene P., author.
- Series:
- Wilbur S. Shepperson series in Nevada history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reno (Nev.)--History--20th century.
- Reno (Nev.).
- Las Vegas (Nev.)--History--20th century.
- Las Vegas (Nev.).
- Las Vegas Region (Nev.)--History--20th century.
- Las Vegas Region (Nev.).
- Reno (Nev.)--Economic conditions--20th cenury.
- Las Vegas (Nev.)--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Reno, Nevada : University of Nevada Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- In 1950 Reno, Nevada, was the nation's gambling mecca and a leading tourist attraction. Today, Las Vegas is a global phenomenon, with close to forty million visitors each year, while Reno struggles to maintain its tourist industry and searches for other sources of economic growth. Eugene P. Hoehring's perceptive analysis looks at the divergent paths of these two urban centers since the 1970s and the growth of a third metropolis, the Las Vegas Strip, larger than the other two combined. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Reno, Las Vegas and the "Strip City"
- Reno area: gambling gains ascendancy, 1945-1970
- Las Vegas area: laying the foundation, 1945-1975
- Reno area: the growth wave rises and recedes, 1970-1990
- Las Vegas area: recession turns to boom, 1975-2007
- The Reno area in transition and depression, 1990-2013
- Las Vegas area: depression and some recovery, 2008-2013
- The Reno and Las Vegas areas: a comparative view.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780874179552
- 0874179556
- OCLC:
- 877563145
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