All In : The Spread of Gambling in Twentieth-Century United States.
ISBN:
9781943859610
Title:
All In : The Spread of Gambling in Twentieth-Century United States.
Author:
Cohen, Jonathan D.
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (196 pages)
Series:
Gambling Studies Series ; v.1
Gambling Studies Series
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part One ⪠Policing -- 1. âThe News from Brooklyn Is DisturbingââCorruption, Big-City Police, and the Dilemma of Gambling -- 2. âThe Ever Watchful Eye of the MagnateââPolicing and Ballpark Gambling in the Twentieth Century -- Part Two ⪠Promoting -- 3. âAvoid Advertising the ObviousââGambling and the Chamber of Commerce Promotion of Las Vegas in the 1950s -- 4. The Business of GamblingâHow Press Releases Helped Legitimize the Gaming Industry in Las Vegas -- Part Three ⪠Proliferating -- 5. Something for NothingâThe Fiscal Alchemy of Lottery Legalization -- 6. No End in SightâHow the United States Became a Gambling Nation, 1950â2000 -- Part Four ⪠Praying -- 7. In the Lionâs DenâEvangelicals on the Las Vegas Strip and the Meaning of Billy Grahamâs 1978 Crusade -- 8. Sanctity, Pragmatism, and Paying the BillsâThe Controversial Use of Bingo in Synagogues -- Part Five ⪠Playing -- 9. Rolling the DiceâThe Rise of the Reservation Casino and the Native American Fight for Cultural Survival -- 10. The Neoliberal LotteryâElliot Rodger and the Affective Economy of Masculinity -- Contributors -- About the Editors -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Publication Date:
2018
Publication Information:
Chicago :
University of Nevada Press,
2018.
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