From Steel to Slots : Casino Capitalism in the Postindustrial City /
Taft, Chloe E.
From Steel to Slots : Casino Capitalism in the Postindustrial City / Chloe E. Taft. - 1 online resource (336 p.) : 28 halftones, 5 maps
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Grand Openings and Closings -- 1. Order in the Landscape -- 2. Christmas City and Sin City Simply Do Not Go Together -- 3. The Postindustrial Factory -- 4. A Steel Site in Limbo -- 5. Landscapes of Life and Loss -- 6. What Happens in Bethlehem Depends on Macau -- Conclusion: Postindustrial Planning and Possibility -- Appendix: Note on Methods -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
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Bethlehem PA was synonymous with steel. But after the factories closed, the city bet its future on casino gambling. Chloe Taft describes a city struggling to make sense of the ways global capitalism transforms jobs, landscapes, and identities. While residents often have few cards to play, the shape economic progress takes is not inevitable.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674970229
10.4159/9780674970229 doi
Casinos--Pennsylvania--Bethlehem.
Globalization--Pennsylvania--Bethlehem.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA).
338.4/77950974822
From Steel to Slots : Casino Capitalism in the Postindustrial City / Chloe E. Taft. - 1 online resource (336 p.) : 28 halftones, 5 maps
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Grand Openings and Closings -- 1. Order in the Landscape -- 2. Christmas City and Sin City Simply Do Not Go Together -- 3. The Postindustrial Factory -- 4. A Steel Site in Limbo -- 5. Landscapes of Life and Loss -- 6. What Happens in Bethlehem Depends on Macau -- Conclusion: Postindustrial Planning and Possibility -- Appendix: Note on Methods -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Bethlehem PA was synonymous with steel. But after the factories closed, the city bet its future on casino gambling. Chloe Taft describes a city struggling to make sense of the ways global capitalism transforms jobs, landscapes, and identities. While residents often have few cards to play, the shape economic progress takes is not inevitable.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674970229
10.4159/9780674970229 doi
Casinos--Pennsylvania--Bethlehem.
Globalization--Pennsylvania--Bethlehem.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA).
338.4/77950974822