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Suburban Xanadu: The Casino Resort on the Las Vegas Strip and Beyond
Urban gambling, linked to poverty, crime and corruption, was once considered a blight on U.S. cities. Gambling then followed the exodus of Americans into the suburbs after World War II, and now most Americans live within a four-hour drive of a casino. What explains the success of places like Las Vegas? The self-contained casino resort removes gambling and its social proble...more
Paperback, 243 pages
Published
May 30th 2003
by Routledge
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Excellent book. Of all the Vegas books I've read, this is the most well-written. Fascinating look at the American psyche re: gambling and why Vegas developed as it did.
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