Description
| Summary: | In this gripping ethnography, Jeffrey J. Sallaz goes behind the scenes of the global casino industry to investigate the radically different worlds of work and leisure he found in identically designed casinos in the United States and South Africa. Seamlessly weaving political and economic history with his own personal experience, Sallaz provides a riveting account of two years spent working among both countries' casino dealers, pit bosses, and politicians. While the popular imagination sees the Nevada casino as a hedonistic world of consumption, The Labor of Luck shows that the "Vegas experienc.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 326 p.) |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-309) and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9780520944657
0520944658
1282359886
9781282359888
9786612359880
6612359889 |
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| Language: | English. |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
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