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Everyday Las Vegas : local life in a tourist town
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- Creator
- Rex J. Rowley
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- University of Nevada Press paperback edition
- Reno : University of Nevada Press, 2014
- 2014, ©2013
- Physical Details
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- xv, 251 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780874179453, 0874179459, 9780874179057
- OCLC
- ocn871774208
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-243) and index.
- Introduction : The local's Las Vegas -- 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 -- Locals in a tourist city -- Life in a town of glitter and gold -- Religion in Sin City -- Conclusion : Las Vegas becoming
Subjects
- Working class -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Social life and customs.
- Tourism -- Social aspects -- Nevada -- Las Vegas.
- Working class -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Interviews.
- Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Description and travel.
- Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
- Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.