Hitting the jackpot
Subtitle: the inside story of the richest Indian tribe in history
By: Brett Duval Fromson
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press; Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780871139047
Subjects: Government policy; Pequot Indians; Casinos; Economic conditions; Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation; Gambling; Social conditions; Gambling on Indian reservations; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-242).
Table of contents: title: 1; title: Defeat and Decay -- 1 -- 2; title: Reinvention -- 19 -- 3; title: Tnt -- 29 -- 4; title: Land Claim -- 37 -- 5; title: Houses -- 43 -- 6; title: Negotiations -- 49 -- 7; title: Development -- 55 -- 8; title: Settlement -- 59 -- 9; title: Bingo! -- 73 -- 10; title: The Lawyer and the Builder -- 77 -- 11; title: Financing -- 83 -- 12; title: Second-Class Pequots -- 91 -- 13; title: The Compact -- 101 -- 14; title: Weicker -- 109 -- 15; title: Las Vegas Nights -- 115 -- 16; title: The Malaysians -- 121 -- 17; title: Foxwoods -- 129 -- 18; title: Annexation -- 141 -- 19; title: Dividing the Spoils -- 149 -- 20; title: Spending Spree -- 161 -- 21; title: Schemitzun -- 173 -- 22; title: Museum -- 177 -- 23; title: Growing Pains -- 191 -- 24; title: Crisis -- 201 -- 25; title: Abuse -- 211 -- 26; title: The Dream-- 219.