| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file PDF |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Note |
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Yale University, 2014). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Grand openings and closings -- Order in the landscape -- Christmas city and sin city simply do not go together -- Postindustrial factory -- A steel site in limbo -- Landscapes of life and loss -- What happens in Bethlehem depends on Macau -- Conclusion: Postindustrial planning and possibility. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Casinos -- Pennsylvania -- Bethlehem.
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Casinos. |
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Pennsylvania -- Bethlehem. |
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Globalization -- Pennsylvania -- Bethlehem.
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Globalization. |
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Bethlehem (Pa.) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Druck-Ausgabe Taft, Chloe E. From Steel to Slots . Casino Capitalism in the Postindustrial City |
| Related To |
Based on (work): Taft, Chloe E. From steel to slots. New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University, 2014 (OCoLC)911361872 |
| ISBN |
9780674970229 (electronic book) |
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0674970225 (electronic book) |
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9780674660496 |
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0674660498 |
| Standard No. |
10.4159/9780674970229 |
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