The money and the power
Subtitle: the making of Las Vegas and its hold on America, 1947-2000
By: Sally Denton and Roger Morris
Contributors: Morris, Roger, 1938-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 479
ISBN-13: 9780375401305
Subjects: Organized crime; Steden; Political corruption; Casinos; Celebrities; Civilization; Politicians; Gokken; Economic conditions; Spectacles et divertissements; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [441]-458) and index.
Table of contents: title: Juice. Meyer Lansky: the racketeer as chairman of the board; title: Benny Binion: the outlaw as icon; title: Pat McCarran: the democrat as autocrat; title: Bugsy Siegel: the executioner as entrepreneur; title: Hank Greenspun: the hustler as conscience; title: Estes Kefauver: the opportunist as prophet; title: City of fronts. "Beyond this place there be dragons"; title: "This alliance of gamblers, gangsters, and government"; title: "Temple town of the American dream"; title: "Character loans"; title: American mecca. Party in Carson City; title: Enemy too far within; title: "Cleaning out the sucker"; title: High rollers; title: One last cruise; title: "Joint's a joint"; title: Epilogue: Shadow capital.