| Description |
xi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Tourism dynamics |
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Tourism dynamics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-268) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Casino gambling: origins, trends, and impacts -- 2. Casino management in the 1990's: concepts and challenges -- 3. The changing economic geography of the casino industry in Nevada and Atlantic City -- 4. From East Coast monopoly to destination resort: the geographic context of Atlantic City's transformation -- 5. Growth of Indian gaming in the United States -- 6. Foxwoods Resort Casino, Connecticut-a mega attraction: Who wants it? Who benefits? -- 7. The new buffalo: tribal casino expansion in the Dakotas -- 8. Tribal-state cooperation or contention?: Indian gaming in Oklahoma -- 9. To the Supreme Court: Indian gaming in the southeastern United States -- 10. Gambling in Deadwood, SD: a metamorphosis -- 11. Booms, busts, and winning streaks: casino development in two Colorado mountain towns -- 12. Community impacts and revisionist images in Colorado gaming development -- 13. From the river to the sea: casino gambling in Mississippi -- 14. The only game in town: the cultural politics of riverboat gambling in Cape Girardeau and Scott City, MO -- 15. Riverboat gambling as urban revitalization "lagnaippe": the case of Baton Rouge, LA -- 16. Mesquite, NV: from Morman village to gaming boomtown -- 17. Urban property around a planned casino site in Windsor, Ontario, 1975-1993 -- 18. In the absence of casinos: a look at video poker. |
| Subject |
Casinos -- United States.
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Gambling -- United States.
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Gambling on Indian reservations -- United States.
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Community development -- United States.
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United States -- Economic conditions.
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| Added Author |
Meyer-Arendt, K. J.
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Hartmann, Rudi.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Casino gambling in America. New York : Cognizant Communication, c1998 (OCoLC)608150655 |
| ISBN |
1882345169 |
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9781882345168 |
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1882345177 paperback |
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9781882345175 paperback |
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