Neon Metropolis - How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)

Neon Metropolis offers a panoramic, entertaining account of contemporary Las Vegas, long America's capital of excess and now its fastest growing city. Combining a history of the city's growth via gambling and crime, with a richly descriptive social portrait of contemporary Las Vegas, author Hal Rothman shows how the city has shed its stigma as "Sin City", and is now setting the pace for nationwide trends in leisure, work, consumption, immigration, demographics, and city growth. Ultimately, as Neon Metropolis amply documents, the problems and opportunities facing Las Vegas are ones that, increasingly, confront all of America.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	Hal Rothman
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	340
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-92612-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-415-92612-2
Barcode:	9780415926126

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