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Becoming America's playground : Las Vegas in the 1950s / Larry D. Gragg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gragg, Larry Dale, 1950- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City promotion--Nevada--Las Vegas--History--20th century.
- City promotion.
- Tourism--Nevada--Las Vegas--History--20th century.
- Tourism.
- Social change--Nevada--Las Vegas--History--20th century.
- Social change.
- History.
- Las Vegas (Nev.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Las Vegas (Nev.).
- Las Vegas (Nev.)--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Economic history.
- Social conditions.
- Nevada--Las Vegas.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 274 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "The story of the emergence of Las Vegas as the premier tourist destination in the nation during the pivotal decade of the 1950s"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Vegas rising
- Selling Vegas
- Entertainment capital
- Women in Las Vegas
- Struggles for black entertainers
- Mississippi in the desert
- Mob Vegas
- Atomic Vegas
- Rat pack.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806163512
- 0806163518
- OCLC:
- 1082328672
- Publisher Number:
- 40029387467
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