Bibliograph

Bright light city, Las Vegas in popular culture, Larry Gragg

Type

Label

Bright light city, Las Vegas in popular culture, Larry Gragg

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bright light city

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

818143718

Responsibility statement

Larry Gragg

Series statement

CultureAmerica

Sub title

Las Vegas in popular culture

Summary

Gragg considers how popular culture has depicted the city of Las Vegas and its powerful allure over its first century. Drawing on hundreds of films, television programs, novels, and articles, he identifies changing trends in the city's portraits from a "frontier town" to a sophisticated resort city, to a city largely built by organized crime

Table Of Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1."Bright Light City": The Introduction to Las Vegas -- 2. Las Vegas: The Last Frontier Town -- 3. Bugsy Siegel and the Founding of Las Vegas -- 4.Organized Crime in Las Vegas -- 5. Images of Gambling in Las Vegas -- 6. The Entertainment Capital of the World -- 7."Beautiful Women Were as Commonplace in Las Vegas as Poker Chips": Images of Las Vegas Women in Popular Culture -- 8."So Much Luxury in the Middle of the Desert": Images of Luxury and Amenities in Las Vegas -- 9."An Awful Place": The Negative Images of Las Vegas

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