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Becoming America's playground : Las Vegas in the 1950s

Title
Becoming America's playground : Las Vegas in the 1950s / Larry D. Gragg.
Author
Gragg, Larry Dale, 1950-
Publication
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]

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Description
xi, 274 pages; 23 cm
Summary
"The story of the emergence of Las Vegas as the premier tourist destination in the nation during the pivotal decade of the 1950s"--
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Vegas rising -- Selling Vegas -- Entertainment capital -- Women in Las Vegas -- Struggles for black entertainers -- Mississippi in the desert -- Mob Vegas -- Atomic Vegas -- Rat pack.
Call Number
JFE 20-1799
ISBN
  • 9780806163512
  • 0806163518
LCCN
  • 2018059837
  • 40029387467
OCLC
1082328672
Author
Gragg, Larry Dale, 1950- author.
Title
Becoming America's playground : Las Vegas in the 1950s / Larry D. Gragg.
Publisher
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Other Standard Identifier
40029387467
Research Call Number
JFE 20-1799
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