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010       00062011 
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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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