From steel to slots : casino capitalism in the postindustrial city /

"Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the world headquarters of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation for most of the twentieth century, is now home to an industrial-themed casino. Based on extensive fieldwork and dozens of interviews, From Steel to Slots explores how the global transitions of "casino capit...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Taft, Chloe E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Casinos > Pennsylvania > Bethlehem.
Globalization > Pennsylvania > Bethlehem.
Casinos > Pennsylvanie > Bethlehem.
Mondialisation > Pennsylvanie > Bethlehem.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Casinos
Economic history
Globalization
Bethlehem (Pa.) > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Pennsylvania > Bethlehem
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the world headquarters of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation for most of the twentieth century, is now home to an industrial-themed casino. Based on extensive fieldwork and dozens of interviews, From Steel to Slots explores how the global transitions of "casino capitalism" and a shift towards economies based on service, entertainment, and financial speculation are lived, legitimated, and contested in and through the local landscape of a former industrial city. As legalized gambling spreads in the United States and around the world to drive economic revitalization, create jobs, and generate tax revenues, multinational casino corporations are increasingly acting as urban planners."--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Yale University, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674970229
0674970225

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