Neon Metropolis
Neon Metropolis

Author: Hal Rothman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-10-15

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 1317958535

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Praise 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.

Beneath the Neon
Beneath the Neon

Author: Matthew O'Brien

Publisher: Huntington Press Inc

Published: 2007-03-07

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 0929712390

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Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas chronicles O’Brien’s adventures in subterranean Las Vegas. He follows the footsteps of a psycho killer. He braces against a raging flood. He parties with naked crackheads. He learns how to make meth, that art is most beautiful where it’s least expected, that in many ways, he prefers underground Las Vegas to aboveground Las Vegas, and that there are no pots of gold under the neon rainbow.

Lady Las Vegas
Lady Las Vegas

Author: Susan Berman

Publisher:

Published: 2000-06

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 9780788192654

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Susan Berman's father partnered with Mafia kingpin Bugsy Siegel & built the hotels & casinos that were renowned throughout the world -- the Flamingo, the Riviera, & more. Berman grew up alongside Las Vegas, maturing with the city. But devotion to the city -- at a time when gangsters drilled each other with bullets & decapitated their enemies -- cost Susan's father his life, & soon afterwards her mother took her own life in sorrow. Part memoir, part history, this book is the story of a girl living in the shadow of a sexier, glitzier older sister, a creature with a thousand charms. It is the companion to the 4-hour doc. history of Las Vegas on the A&E Network.

Neon Empire
Neon Empire

Author: Drew Minh

Publisher:

Published: 2023-11-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781955085236

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"Minh creates a nonstop social media frenzy amid a rich cyberpunk landscape in this vivid debut." -Publishers Weekly Imagine a near future where social-media influencers are given their own city, a massive riff on Las Vegas set in the plains of central America called Eutopia. There, the world's top influencers compete in a dog-eat-dog ecosystem of likes, trends, comments, and advertising that's half guerilla marketing, half guerilla warfare. Against this backdrop, a has-been Hollywood director and an investigative journalist race to uncover the relationship between a rising tide of violence and corporate corruption.

The BFI Companion to Crime
The BFI Companion to Crime

Author: Phil Hardy

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9780304332151

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Robbers, gangsters, murderers, and criminals of every description have long been a staple of popular entertainment. Movies are no exception, and film buffs and scholars alike now have a complete guide to the vast array of films that make up the fascinating world of crime cinema. The BFI Companion to Crime offers detailed information on the sub-genres and motifs of movies dealing with criminals and their behavior: prison dramas, heist stories, kidnappings, the exploits of serial killers, juvenile delinquents, and hired guns. Phil Hardy also includes articles on the historical and social background of crime movies. The Mafia, the Japanese yakuza, the FBI, and the underworld of union rackets, prostitution, and drugs are some of the topics covered. Fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes, Inspector Maigret, Philip Marlow, and Pretty Boy Floyd appear in these pages, along with the literary sources of many crime films. The works of Graham Greene, Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane, and Eric Ambler are among those featured. Abundantly illustrated with more than 500 photographs, this is the book for film enthusiasts and anyone interested in the crime genre.