The real Las Vegas : life beyond the strip / edited by David Littlejohn ; photographs by Eric Gran.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Littlejohn, David, 1937- editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Las Vegas (Nev.)--Description and travel.

Las Vegas (Nev.).

Las Vegas (Nev.)--Social conditions.

Las Vegas (Nev.)--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What images come to mind when you think of Las Vegas? Mobsters and showgirls, magicians and tigers, multimillion-dollar poker games and prizefights; towering signboards that light up the night in front of ever more spectacular casino hotels. But real people live here, too--over a million today, two million tomorrow. Greater Las Vegas has long been the fastest growing metropolitan area in America. And almost every aspect of its citizens' lives is influenced by the almighty power of the gambling industry. A team of fifteen reporters led by David Littlejohn, together wit

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: The Ultimate Company Town; Down and Out in Vegas; Bingo!; Growing Up in Las Vegas; El Pueblo de Las Vegas; A View from West Las Vegas; Water for the Desert Miracle; For Sale: Thirty Thousand Homes a Year; Houses of the Holy; Organizing Las Vegas; Pawnshops: Lenders of Last Resort; Skin City; Law and Disorder; Why They're Mad: Southern Nevada versus the United States; Epilogue: Learning More from Las Vegas; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors.

Notes:

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-028488-9

0-19-774343-9

1-280-56002-9

1-4237-6114-6

0-19-535140-1

1-60256-383-7

OCLC:

437173415