Everyday Las Vegas : Local Life in a Tourist Town /

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Every year, more than thirty-five million people from all over the world visit Las Vegas; only two million call the city home. This book takes a close look at the lives of those who live in a place the rest of the world considers exotic, even decadent.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rowley, Rex J., 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Reno : University of Nevada Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Working class > Social life and customs.
Working class.
Travel.
Tourism > Social aspects.
Social conditions
Manners and customs.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Travailleurs > Nevada > Las Vegas > Entretiens.
Travailleurs > Nevada > Las Vegas > Moeurs et coutumes.
Working class > Nevada > Las Vegas > Interviews.
Tourism > Social aspects > Nevada > Las Vegas.
Working class > Nevada > Las Vegas > Social life and customs.
Nevada > Las Vegas.
Las Vegas (Nev.) > Social life and customs > 21st century.
Las Vegas (Nev.) > Social conditions > 21st century.
Las Vegas (Nev.) > Description and travel.
Interviews.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Layout
  • One hundred years of opportunity, luck, and rapid change
  • A place in the desert
  • Impressions
  • Watch 'em come, see 'em go
  • Getting along with growth
  • Stuck in the fast lane
  • Portraits
  • Locals in a tourist city
  • Life in a town of glitter and gold
  • Religion in sin city
  • Las Vegas becoming.

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