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All in : the spread of gambling in twentieth-century United States / edited by Jonathan D. Cohen and David G. Schwartz ; foreword by Ann Fabian.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gambling studies series
- The gambling series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gambling--United States--History--20th century.
- Gambling.
- Gambling industry--United States--History--20th century.
- Gambling industry.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 284 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Reno, Nevada : University of Nevada Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Foreword / Ann Fabian
- Introduction / Jonathan D. Cohen and David G. Schwartz
- part 1. Policing. "The news from Brooklyn is disturbing"
- corruption, big-city police, and the dilemma of gambling / Matthew Vaz
- "The ever watchful eye of the magnate"
- policing and ballpark gambling in the twentieth century / Seth S. Tannenbaum
- part 2. Promoting. "Avoid advertising the obvious"
- gambling and the Chamber of Commerce promotion of Las Vegas in the 1950s / Larry Gragg
- The business of gambling
- how press releases helped legitimize the gaming industry in Las Vegas / Jessalynn R. Strauss
- part 3. Proliferating. Something for nothing
- the fiscal alchemy of lottery legalization / Jonathan D. Cohen
- No end in sight
- How the United States became a gambling nation, 1950-2000 / David G. Schwartz
- part 4. Praying. In the lion's den
- evangelicals in the Las Vegas strip and the meaning of Billy Graham's 1978 Crusade / Michelle Robinson
- Sanctity, pragmatism, and paying the bills
- the controversial use of Bingo in synagogues / Dan Judson
- part 5. Playing. Rolling the dice
- the rise of the reservation casino and the Native American fight for cultural survival / Seema Kurup
- The neoliberal lottery
- Elliot Rodger and the affective economy of masculinity / Daniel Ante-Contreras
- Contributors
- About the editors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: All in.
- ISBN:
- 9781943859603
- 1943859604
- OCLC:
- 1004769670
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