Review: Chloe E. Taft. From Steel to Slots: Capitalism in the Postindustrial City

Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

1-31-2017

Publication Title

The American Historical Review

Volume

122

Issue

1

First page number:

216

Last page number:

217

Abstract

Nevada had a twentieth-century monopoly on legal casino gambling in the U.S. until the May 26, 1978, opening of Resorts International in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In the thirty-eight years since the Garden State’s roll of the dice, a mix of states, tribal governments, and federal bodies have variously appraised and endorsed casino gambling’s utility as a revenue generator, job creator, development incubator, and all-around social good. According to the American Gaming Association, the industry’s trade group, casino gambling today supports 1.7 million jobs in forty states

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