Playing the Odds: Las Vegas and the Modern West

by Hal K. Rothman

Book Overview

"This collection of Hal Rothman's wide-ranging, brash, and brilliant essays on Las Vegas offers up a treasury of insights on the follies and possibilities of the New West. Confident, passionate, learned and, yes, wise, Rothman is simply one of the most important voices writing on the region today. He is also a hell of a lot of fun to read."--Virginia Scharff, professor of history and Director, Center for the Southwest, University of New Mexico,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826321127
• ISBN13: 9780826321121
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"