The labor of luck : casino capitalism in the United States and South Africa

The labor of luck : casino capitalism in the United States and South Africa / Jeffrey J. Sallaz.

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 wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sallaz, Jeffrey J., 1974-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
Subjects:
Geschichte.
Casinos > United States.
Casinos > South Africa.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Park & Recreation Management.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Casinos
Spielbank
Glücksspielmarkt
Kontrolle
South Africa
United States
USA
Südafrika (Staat)
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; Part One: Behind the Tables; 1. Nevada: Learning to Deal; 2. Silver State Casino: Entrepreneurs at Work; 3. South Africa: Gambling with Empowerment; 4. Gold City Casino: Effacing Labor; Part Two: Beyond the Scenes; 5. The Politics of Producing Service; 6. Cut from the Same Cloth: Convergent Historical Origins; 7. The Birth of Regulation: States, Stigmata, and Symbolic Capital; 8. Of Dice and Men: Divergent Modes of Management; Conclusion: Casino Capitalism and Politico-Performativity.
  • Methodological Appendix: Comparative Ethnography and Reflexive ScienceNotes; Bibliography; Index.

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