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mobsters and movie stars at America's greatest gaming resort

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Duke University Press
Language
English

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Subjects
Gambling industry, History, Gambling industry -- Mexico -- Tijuana (Baja California) -- History -- 20th century, Gambling industry -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 20th century, Gambling industry -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Tijuana (Baja California), Gambling industry -- Social aspects -- Mexican-American Border Region, Gambling, Mexico, social life and customs, Mexican-american border region
Places
Tijuana (Baja California), Mexican-American Border Region, Mexico
Times
20th century

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Cover of: Satan's Playground
Satan's Playground: Mobsters and Movie Stars at America's Greatest Gaming Resort
2010, Duke University Press
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Satan's playground: mobsters and movie stars at America's greatest gaming resort
2010, Duke University Press
in English
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Satan's playground: mobsters and movie stars at America's greatest gaming resort
2010, Duke University Press, Duke University Press Books
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
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Satan's Playground: Mobsters and Movie Stars at America S Greatest Gaming Resort
2009, Duke University Press
in English
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Table of Contents

The mob strikes the border barons
Mobs
Playground of the hemisphere
Fortuitous breaks
Border Babylon
King of border vice
"They're off!"
Prohibition's bounty
The new wave
Agua Caliente in gestation
Building Camelot
Capt. Jerry's day
"Silent" Marty's oration
Veracity
Fixes
Sentencing and censoring
Hollywood's playground
"Place your bets!"
Get the barons
Fools and thieves
A dead cock in the pit
What ever happened to?
Ghosts.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Durham, NC
Series
American encounters/global interactions, American encounters/global interactions

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Dewey Decimal Class
364.1/06097223
Library of Congress
HV6722.M6 V36 2010

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Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

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OL23862314M
ISBN 13
9780822346913, 9780822347026
LCCN
2009043917

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