Description |
1 online resource (xv, 251 pages : illustrations, maps |
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-243) and index. |
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. |
Summary |
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. |
Language |
English. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Description and travel.
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Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
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Working class -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Social life and customs.
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Tourism -- Social aspects -- Nevada -- Las Vegas.
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Working class -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Interviews.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. |
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Manners and customs |
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Social conditions |
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Tourism -- Social aspects |
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Travel |
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Working class |
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Working class -- Social life and customs |
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Nevada -- Las Vegas https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqfJdwQW49kQVMCGPJVYP |
Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
Genre/Form |
Interviews
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Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Rowley, Rex J., 1977- Everyday Las Vegas. Reno : University of Nevada Press, ©2013 9780874179057 (DLC) 2012037472 (OCoLC)811239045 |
ISBN |
9780874179064 (ebook) |
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0874179068 (ebook) |
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0874179459 |
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9780874179453 |
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9780874179057 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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087417905X (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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