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100 1 Denton, Sally.
245 14 The money and the power :|bthe making of Las Vegas and its
hold on America, 1947-2000 /|cSally Denton and Roger
Morris.
250 First edition.
264 1 New York :|bAlfred A. Knopf,|c2001.
300 x, 479 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages [441]-458) and
index.
505 0 Juice. Meyer Lansky: the racketeer as chairman of the
board -- Benny Binion: the outlaw as icon -- Pat McCarran:
the democrat as autocrat -- Bugsy Siegel: the executioner
as entrepreneur -- Hank Greenspun: the hustler as
conscience -- Estes Kefauver: the opportunist as prophet -
- City of fronts. "Beyond this place there be dragons" --
"This alliance of gamblers, gangsters, and government" --
"Temple town of the American dream" -- "Character loans" -
- American mecca. Party in Carson City -- Enemy too far
within -- "Cleaning out the sucker" -- High rollers -- One
last cruise -- "Joint's a joint" -- Epilogue: Shadow
capital.
650 0 Celebrities|zNevada|zLas Vegas|xHistory|y20th century.
650 0 Politicians|zNevada|zLas Vegas|xHistory|y20th century.
650 0 Organized crime|zNevada|zLas Vegas|xHistory|y20th century.
650 0 Political corruption|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th
century.
651 0 Las Vegas (Nev.)|xCivilization|y20th century.
651 0 Las Vegas (Nev.)|xEconomic conditions|y20th century.
651 0 Las Vegas (Nev.)|vBiography.
700 1 Morris, Roger,|d1938-
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