From Steel to Slots - Casino Capitalism in the Postindustrial City

Informationen zum Autor Chloe E. Taft is a Mellon Postdoctoral Associate in the Integrated Humanities in the American Studies Program at Yale University. Klappentext Bethlehem PA was synonymous with steel. But after the factories closed, the city bet its future on casino gambling. Chloe Taft describes a city struggling to make sense of the ways global capitalism transforms jobs, landscapes, and identities. While residents often have few cards to play, the shape economic progress takes is not inevitable. Zusammenfassung Bethlehem PA was synonymous with steel. But after the factories closed! the city bet its future on casino gambling. Chloe Taft describes a city struggling to make sense of the ways global capitalism transforms jobs! landscapes! and identities. While residents often have few cards to play! the shape economic progress takes is not inevitable.

Product details

• Authors: Taft, Chloe E Taft, Chloe E. Taft
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2016
• EAN: 9780674660496
• ISBN: 978-0-674-66049-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Pennsylvania, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Service, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Urban & Regional, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, urban economics, Hospitality and service industries, Sport & leisure industries, Regional / urban economics