Loss Vegas
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Las Vegas In Singapore
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Author : Kah Wee Lee
language : en
Publisher: National University of Singapore Press
Release Date : 2019
Las Vegas In Singapore written by Kah Wee Lee and has been published by National University of Singapore Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Casinos categories.
Las Vegas in Singapore looks at the collision of the histories of Singapore and Las Vegas in the form of Marina Bay Sands, one of Singapore's two integrated resorts. The first history begins in colonial Singapore in the 1880s, when British administrators revised gambling laws in response to the political threat posed by Chinese-run gambling syndicates. Following the tracks of these punitive laws and practices, the book moves into the 1960s when the newly independent city-state created a national lottery while criminalizing both organized and petty gambling in the name of nation-building. The second history shifts the focus to corporate Las Vegas in the 1950s when digital technology and corporate management practices found each other on the casino floor. Tracing the emergence of the specialist casino designer, the book reveals how casino development evolved into a highly rationalized spatial template designed to maximize profits. Today an iconic landmark of Singapore, Marina Bay Sands is also an artifact of these two histories, an attempt by Singapore to normalize what was once criminalized in its nationalist history. Lee Kah-Wee argues that the historical project of the control of vice is also about the control of space and capital. The result is an uneven landscape where the legal and moral status of gambling is contingent on where it is located. As the current wave of casino expansion spreads across Asia, he warns that these developments should not be seen as liberalization but instead as a continuation of the project of concentrating power by modern states and corporations.
The Unofficial Guide To Las Vegas 2010
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Author : Bob Sehlinger
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2009-08-18
The Unofficial Guide To Las Vegas 2010 written by Bob Sehlinger and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-18 with Travel categories.
In 2008, Las Vegas hosted 37.5 million visitors according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Global Travel Industry News and Forbes Traveler rank Las Vegas as the #2 most popular U.S. destination to visit calling it "America's favorite playground". The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas ranks over 100 hotels and casinos- the most offered by any other guidebook for the destination, providing complete detailed descriptions of each casino hotel.
Bright Light City
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Author : Larry Gragg
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2013-04-04
Bright Light City written by Larry Gragg and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-04 with History categories.
When Elvis crooned "Bright light city . . . gonna set my soul on fire," he voiced and embraced the siren call of a glittering urban utopia that continues to mesmerize millions. Call it Sin City or Lost Wages, Las Vegas definitely deserves its rapturous "Viva!" Larry Gragg, however, invites readers to view Las Vegas in an entirely new way. While countless other authors have focused on its history or gaming industry or entertainment ties, Gragg considers how popular culture has depicted the city and its powerful allure over its first century. Drawing on hundreds of films, television programs, novels, and articles, Gragg identifies changing trends in the city's portraits. Until the 1940s, boosters promoted it as the "last frontier town," a place where prospectors and cowboys enjoyed liquor, women, and wide-open gambling. Then in the early 1950s commentators increasingly characterized Las Vegas as a sophisticated resort city in the desert, and ever since then journalists, filmmakers, and novelists have depicted a city largely built by organized crime and featuring non-stop entertainment, gambling, luxury, and, of course, beautiful-and available-women. In Gragg's narrative, these images form a kaleidoscope of lights, sounds, characters, and ultimately amazement about this neon oasis. In these pages, readers will meet gangsters like Bugsy Siegel, Tony Spilotro, and Lefty Rosenthal, as well as Las Vegas's most popular entertainers: Elvis Presley, Sinatra's Rat Pack, Liberace, and Wayne Newton, not to mention the Folies Bergere showgirls. And Gragg's skillful interweaving of fictional and journalistic accounts of organized crime shows just how mutually reinforcing they have become over the years. Vegas will always make people's eyes light up as bright as the Strip, witness the new TV show Vegas or the recent film The Hangover. For everyone entranced by its glitter and glamour, Bright Light City is a must read boasting color photos and bursting with insider details: an eclectic blend of stories, people, sights, and sounds that together make up this desert city's extraordinary appeal.
A Short History Of Las Vegas
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Author : Barbara Land
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
A Short History Of Las Vegas written by Barbara Land and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
The Mob came after World War II, laden with ill-gotten cash and the know-how needed to turn the dusty little burg into an international gaming mecca, but Las Vegas was built by thousands of honest, hardworking Americans and immigrants as well.
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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Author : Hunter S. Thompson
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2014-10-16
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas Harper Perennial Modern Classics written by Hunter S. Thompson and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
‘We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like, “I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive ...”’
Las Vegas
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Author : Eugene P. Moehring
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-03-16
Las Vegas written by Eugene P. Moehring and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-03-16 with Business & Economics categories.
This is an account of the growth of Las Vegas, the impact of politics and war, and the struggle to establish a diverse economy. Aspects of city building, creation of infrastructure and transportation, the struggle to obtain a reliable source of water, and the function of cultural, educational and religious institutions are all given consideration.
Super Casino
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Author : Pete Earley
language : en
Publisher: Bantam
Release Date : 2009-11-04
Super Casino written by Pete Earley and has been published by Bantam this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-04 with Social Science categories.
In this lively and probing book, award-winning author Pete Earley traces the extraordinary evolution of Las Vegas -- from the gaudy Mecca of the Rat Pack era to one of the country's top family vacation spots. He revisits the city's checkered history of moguls, mobsters, and entertainers, reveals the real stories of well-known power brokers like Steve Wynn and legends like Howard Hughes and Bugsy Siegel, and offers a fascinating portrait of the life, death, and fantastic rebirth of the Las Vegas Strip. Earley also documents the gripping tale of the entrepreneurs behind the rise and fall and rise again of one of the largest gaming corporations in the nation, Circus Circus -- to which he was given unique access. In his trademark you-are-there style, he takes us behind the scenes to meet the blackjack dealers and hookers, the heavy hitters and bit players, the security officers, cabbies, and showgirls who are caught up in the mercurial pace that pulses at the heart of this astounding city.
Leaving Las Vegas
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Author : John O'Brien
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2017-07-06
Leaving Las Vegas written by John O'Brien and has been published by Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-06 with Performing Arts categories.
A re-issue of John O'Brien's debut novel, a masterpiece of modern realism about the perils of addiction and love in a city of loneliness. Leaving Las Vegas, the first novel by John O'Brien, is the disturbing and emotionally wrenching story of a woman who embraces life and a man who rejects it. Sera is a prostitute, content with the independence and routine she has carved out for herself in a city defined by recklessness. But she is haunted by a spectre in a yellow Mercedes, a man from her past who is committed to taking control of her life again. Ben is an alcoholic intent on drinking his way towards an early death. Newly arrived from Los Angeles, he survived the four-hour intoxicated drive across the desert with his entire savings in his wallet and nothing else left to lose. Looking to satisfy hungers both material and existential, Ben and Sera stumble together on the strip and discover in each other a respite from their unforgiving lives. A testimony to the raw talent of its young author, Leaving Las Vegas is a compelling story of unconditional love between two disenfranchised and lost souls - an overlooked American classic.
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
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Author : Hunter S. Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2010-09-29
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas written by Hunter S. Thompson and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
50th Anniversary Edition • With an introduction by Caity Weaver, acclaimed New York Times journalist This cult classic of gonzo journalism is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken. Also a major motion picture directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro.
Suburban Xanadu
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Author : David G. Schwartz
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2003
Suburban Xanadu written by David G. Schwartz and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Games & Activities categories.
Institution. Remarkably detailed and entertaining, Suburban Xanadu tells us a great deal about popular leisure in America, and why the suburban ideal has become so dominant in our social life. Book jacket.