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Satan's playground : mobsters and movie stars at America's greatest gaming resort / Paul J. Vanderwood.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vanderwood, Paul J.
- Series:
- American encounters/global interactions.
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- American encounters/global interactions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gambling industry--Mexico--Tijuana (Baja California)--History--20th century.
- Gambling industry.
- Gambling industry--Mexican-American Border Region--History--20th century.
- Gambling industry--Social aspects--Mexico--Tijuana (Baja California).
- Gambling industry--Social aspects--Mexican-American Border Region.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (410 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The story of the rise and fall of the gambling industry in Tijuana during the Jazz Age opens into a history of the development of that area and Southern California.
- Contents:
- The mob strikes the border barons
- Mobs
- Playground of the hemisphere
- Fortuitous breaks
- Border Babylon
- King of border vice
- "They're off!"
- Prohibition's bounty
- The new wave
- Agua Caliente in gestation
- Building Camelot
- Captain Jerry's day
- "Silent" Marty's oration
- Veracity
- Fixes
- Sentencing and censoring
- Hollywood's playground
- "Place your bets!"
- Get the barons!
- Fools and thieves
- A dead cock in the pit
- What ever happened to?
- Ghosts.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613065209
- 9781283065207
- 1283065207
- 9780822391661
- 082239166X
- OCLC:
- 645335689
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