Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Tables and Figures
- Chronology
- Introduction
- 1 We Are for Gambling: The Pre-Casino Years and Casino Legalization
- 2 Let the Gaming Begin: A New Era for Atlantic City
- 3 A Winning Bet? Success and Struggle in the 1980s
- 4 Recession and Recovery: Turning a Casino Corner
- 5 Casino Magnets: New Immigrants and Atlantic City Opportunity
- 6 Big Visions: Competition, Consolidation and the Great Tunnel-Connector War of the 1990s
- 7 New Stylings: Finance, Retail and Challenges at the Turn of the Century
- 8 Atlantic City and the American Casino Era
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Index
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Tables and Figures
- Chronology
- Introduction
- 1 We Are for Gambling: The Pre-Casino Years and Casino Legalization
- 2 Let the Gaming Begin: A New Era for Atlantic City
- 3 A Winning Bet? Success and Struggle in the 1980s
- 4 Recession and Recovery: Turning a Casino Corner
- 5 Casino Magnets: New Immigrants and Atlantic City Opportunity
- 6 Big Visions: Competition, Consolidation and the Great Tunnel-Connector War of the 1990s
- 7 New Stylings: Finance, Retail and Challenges at the Turn of the Century
- 8 Atlantic City and the American Casino Era
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Gambling on the American DreamAtlantic City and the Casino Era, pp. 309 - 319Publisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014