Vegas at Odds: Labor Conflict in a Leisure Economy, 1960-1985

by James P. Kraft

The stories of the shadowy networks and wealthy people who bankrolled and sustained Las Vegas's continuous reinvention are well documented in works of scholarship, journalism, and popular culture. Yet no one has studied closely and over a long period of time the dynamics of the workforce--the casino and hotel workers and their relations with the companies they work for and occasionally strike against. James P. Kraft here explores the rise and changing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801893577
• ISBN13: 9780801893575
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher