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Title: The Grit Beneath the Glitter: Tales from the Real Las Vegas by Hal Rothman, Mike Davis, Hal K. Rothman ISBN: 0-520-22538-4 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 04 March, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2 (1 review)
Rating: 2
Summary: A union-based perspective on Las Vegas
Comment: This book consists of 22 articles and over 60 b&w photos covering organized labor, feminism, and state politics. It is uneven in style and tone, ranging from first-person narratives to academic essays. The focus of the book is the city's underclass, which seems to be defined as unionized casino workers. (Many of these writers are oblivious that there are several strata of less-well-off people below unionized employees.) Much of the book is a paean to organized labor. For example, the longest article is titled "The Recent History of the Culinary Union in Las Vegas." Entrepreneurs are the villains of this book, while the heros are union leaders and (perversely) mafioso - there is some nostalgia for the good old days when gangsters ran a tight ship and took care of the little people.
The most touching essay is by Constance Devereaux who writes of her experiences conducting a class inside a Nevada prison, juxtaposed with her finding the body of her murdered husband in their bedroom as a result of a bungled burglary.
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Title: Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century by Hal Rothman ISBN: 0415926122 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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Title: The Players: The Men Who Made Las Vegas by Jack Sheehan ISBN: 087417306X Publisher: University of Nevada Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.09 |
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Title: Suburban Xanadu: The Casino Resort on the Las Vegas Strip and Beyond by David G. Schwartz ISBN: 0415935571 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: 24/7: Living It Up and Doubling Down in the New Las Vegas by Andres Martinez ISBN: 0440509092 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 07 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Las Vegas Then & Now (Then and Now Series) by Su Kim Chung ISBN: 1571458530 Publisher: Thunder Bay Press (CA) Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.98 |
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