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Everyday Las Vegas: Local Life in a Tourist Town
Rex J. Rowley
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Description for Everyday Las Vegas: Local Life in a Tourist Town
Paperback. A world-famous destination, as experienced by those who live there" Num Pages: 272 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Every year, more than thirty-five million people from all over the world visit Las Vegas; only two million call the city home. Everyday Las Vegas takes a close look at the lives of those who live in a place the rest of the world considers exotic, even decadent. Using broad research, including interviews with more than one hundred Las Vegans, Rex Rowley - who grew up in Las Vegas - examines everyday life in a place that markets itself as an escape from mundane reality. Rowley considers such topics as why people move to Las Vegas, the nature of their ... Read more
Every year, more than thirty-five million people from all over the world visit Las Vegas; only two million call the city home. Everyday Las Vegas takes a close look at the lives of those who live in a place the rest of the world considers exotic, even decadent. Using broad research, including interviews with more than one hundred Las Vegans, Rex Rowley - who grew up in Las Vegas - examines everyday life in a place that markets itself as an escape from mundane reality. Rowley considers such topics as why people move to Las Vegas, the nature of their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874179453
SKU
V9780874179453
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Ref
99-15
About Rex J. Rowley
Rex J. Rowley was raised in Las Vegas and received his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and his master’s degree and PhD from the University of Kansas. He is an assistant professor of geography at Illinois State University.
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