The money and the power: the making of Las Vegas and its hold on America, 1947-2000

Sally Denton, Roger Morris

Alfred A. Knopf, 2001 - Biography & Autobiography - 479 pages

An eye-opening study of the past, present, and future of Las Vegas traces the history of the city; the roles of organized crime, politics, and business; and the implications of Las Vegas in terms of both mirroring and shaping America's changing values. 75,000 first printing.

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THE MONEY AND THE POWER: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America, 1947-2000

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Husband-and-wife investigative reporters view Las Vegas as our shadow capital, a sordid symbol of the greed, corruption, and falseness that permeate the country.Like confident boxers, Denton and ...

The money and the power: the making of Las Vegas and its hold on America, 1947-2000

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According to Denton (The Blue Grass Conspiracy) and her husband, noted author Morris (Partners in Power), modern Las Vegas enjoys a thriving economy dependent on gambling, greed, political corruption ...

Contents

• Prologue: 3
• Part One The Juice: 17
• Benny Binion: 30

About the author

Sally Denton, an award-winning investigative reporter in both print and television, has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune. She is the author of The Bluegrass Conspiracy: An Inside Story of Power, Greed, Drugs, and Murder. She lives in the Southwest with her husband, who is her coauthor, and her three sons. Roger Morris served on the senior staff of the National Security Council under Presidents Johnson and Nixon, until he resigned over the invasion of Cambodia. He has won several national journalism prizes, including the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for the finest investigative journalism in all media nationwide. He is the author of several books on history and politics, including Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician, which was short-listed for both a National Book Award and a National Book Critics Circle award.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The money and the power: the making of Las Vegas and its hold on America, 1947-2000
• Authors: Sally Denton, Roger Morris
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Sep 24, 2008
• Length: 479 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General; Biography & Autobiography / Political; Biography & Autobiography / Rich & Famous; Business & Economics / Economic Conditions; History / General; History / United States / 20th Century; History / United States / State & Local / General; History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY); Political Science / General; Social Science / Criminology; True Crime / Organized Crime