{"product_id":"neon-metropolis-how-las-vegas-started-the-twenty-first-century-paperback","title":"Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHal Rothman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for the Previous Edition (0 415 92612 2): ...lively and provocative...this book will teach you something startling on nearly every page... --The New York Times Book Review Like the Emerald City, Las Vegas glitters brightly in the vast Nevada desert, a haven for refugees from ordinary America. A hip, iconic, playground that exports nothing, it nonetheless earns billions from consumer services alone -- gambling, hotels, gaming, and entertainment. It is, historian Hal Rothman argues, the quintessential city of the future. As other cities try to mirror its success and huge, respectable corporations like Coca-Cola invest in a piece of the pie, the very traits that have ostracized Las Vegas in the past -- hedonism, money worship, and permissiveness -- have today made it America's fastest growing urban center. From the gambling-driven, mob-run Sin City of the 1940s to the corporatization of the Strip as a respectable family entertainment center after the 1970s, Las Vegas has shown incredible economic resilience and adaptability. The first full account of America's new dream capital, Neon Metropolis brilliantly shows how Las Vegas gambled on the post-industrial service economy well before the rest of the country knew it was coming, and won.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHal Rothman\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of history at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the editor of the journal \u003cem\u003eEnvironmental History.\u003c\/em\u003e The author of \u003cem\u003eDevil's Bargains: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eTourism in the Twentieth Century American West, \u003c\/em\u003e Rothman is a frequent commentator on Las Vegas. He has been featured on National Public Radio, \u003cem\u003eCBS Sunday Morning, \u003c\/em\u003e and in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e and in the four-hour A\u0026amp;E Television Network documentary, \u003cem\u003eLas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eVegas.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 8.18 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42190698774608,"sku":"9780415926133","price":96.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/T2tKbTRTcEU4Nk44Y1BBSGhVZlc4UT09.webp?v=1774875192","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/neon-metropolis-how-las-vegas-started-the-twenty-first-century-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}