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Title	Strip cultures : finding America in Las Vegas / The Project on Vegas (Stacy M. Jameson, Karen Klugman, Jane Kuenz, & Susan Willis) ; photos by Karen Klugman.
Publication Info.	Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 1	917.93 S	IN LIBRARY

Description	377 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-365) and index.
Contents	Introduction : riding the deuce -- Framing Las Vegas "reality" -- Playing the penny slots -- S.I.N. city -- sH₂Ow -- Bread and circuses -- The whole world on a plate -- Gaming the senses -- Nature in Vegas : cultivating the brand -- The shipping container capital of the world -- Ghosts of weddings past, present, and yet to come -- Memories: made in China -- Epilogue : sucker bet.
Subject	Casinos -- Nevada -- Las Vegas.
	National characteristics, American.
	Las Vegas (Nev.)
	Strip (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Added Author	Klugman, Karen, photographer.
	Project on Vegas.
	New York Society Library. Book Committee. 2015. ZNS
Added Title	Finding America in Las Vegas
ISBN	9780822359487 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	0822359480 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	9780822359678 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0822359677 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9780822375234 (ebook)
	0822375230
	9780822375234

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