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All In : The Spread of Gambling in Twentieth-Century United States /
"Gambling, the risky enterprise of chance, is one of America's favorite pastimes. Office March Madness brackets, a day at the race track, a friendly wager, the random ridiculous Super Bowl prop bet, bingo night, or the latest media frenzy over the Powerball jackpot--all emphasize the ubiqu...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Reno, Nevada :
University of Nevada Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Ann Fabian
- Introduction / Jonathan D. Cohen and David G. Schwartz
- Part one. Policing. "The news from Brooklyn is disturbing"- corruption, big-city police, and the dilemma of gambling / Matthew Vaz
- "The ever watchful eye of the magnate"- policing and ballpark gambling in the twentieth century / Seth S. Tannenbaum
- Part two. Promoting. "Avoid advertising the obvious"- gambling and the Chamber of Commerce promotion of Las Vegas in the 1950s / Larry Gragg
- The business of gambling- how press releases helped legitimize the gaming industry in Las Vegas / Jessalynn R. Strauss
- Part three. Proliferating. Something for nothing- the fiscal alchemy of lottery legalization / Jonathan D. Cohen
- No end in sight- how the United States became a gambling nation, 1950-2000 / David G. Schwartz
- Part four. Praying. In the lion's den- evangelicals on the Las Vegas strip and the meaning of Billy Graham's 1978 Crusade / Michelle Robinson
- Sanctity, pragmatism, and paying the bills- the controversial use of bingo in synagogues / Dan Judson
- Part five. Playing. Rolling the dice- the rise of the reservation casino and the Native American fight for cultural survival / Seema Kurup
- The neoliberal lottery- Elliot Rodger and the affective economy of masculinity / Daniel Ante-Contreras.