Las Vegas in Singapore : violence, progress and the crisis of nationalist modernity /

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Las Vegas in Singapore looks at the collision of the histories of Singapore and Las Vegas in the form of Marina Bay Sands, one of Singapore's two integrated resorts. The first history begins in colonial Singapore in the 1880s, when British administrators revised gambling laws in response to the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lee, Kah Wee (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : NUS Press, [2019]
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Gambling > Singapore > History.
Gambling > Moral and ethical aspects > Singapore.
Gambling > Law and legislation > Singapore.
Casinos > Singapore.
Casinos > Nevada > Las Vegas.
Gambling industry > Economic aspects > Singapore.
Casinos > Economic aspects > Singapore.
Jeux de hasard > Singapour > Histoire.
Jeux de hasard > Aspect moral > Singapour.
Casinos > Singapour.
Jeux de hasard > Industrie > Aspect économique > Singapour.
Casinos > Aspect économique > Singapour.
ARCHITECTURE > History > Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
Casinos
Casinos > Economic aspects
Gambling
Gambling > Law and legislation
Gambling > Moral and ethical aspects
Nevada > Las Vegas
Singapore
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Half title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes from the Author; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Preface to Part I; Chapter 1
  • The Forensic and the Generalized; Chapter 2
  • The Paradox of Nationalist Modernity; Chapter 3
  • The Debris of Nation-building; Chapter 4
  • From Lottery to Stadium; Preface to Part II; Chapter 5
  • The Quantitative Turn and Its Discontent; Chapter 6
  • "Architectural Reasons to Gamble"; Chapter 7
  • Las Vegas in Singapore; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

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