Satan's playground
Subtitle: mobsters and movie stars at America's greatest gaming resort
By: Paul J. Vanderwood.
Series: American encounters/global interactions; American encounters/global interactions
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Durham, NC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780822346913; 9780822347026
Subjects: Gambling industry -- Mexico -- Tijuana (Baja California) -- History -- 20th century; Gambling industry -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 20th century; Gambling industry -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Tijuana (Baja California); Gambling industry -- Social aspects -- Mexican-American Border Region
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The mob strikes the border barons; title: Mobs; title: Playground of the hemisphere; title: Fortuitous breaks; title: Border Babylon; title: King of border vice; title: "They're off!"; title: Prohibition's bounty; title: The new wave; title: Agua Caliente in gestation; title: Building Camelot; title: Capt. Jerry's day; title: "Silent" Marty's oration; title: Veracity; title: Fixes; title: Sentencing and censoring; title: Hollywood's playground; title: "Place your bets!"; title: Get the barons; title: Fools and thieves; title: A dead cock in the pit; title: What ever happened to?; title: Ghosts.