Gambling on the American Dream : Atlantic City and the Casino Era (Paperback)

Introduction; Chapter 1 We are for Gambling: The Pre-Casino Years and Casino Legalization; Chapter 2 A Master Plan: The Casino Era Begins; Chapter 3 A Winning Bet? Success and Struggle in the 1980s; Chapter 4 Recession and Recovery: Turning a Casino Corner; Chapter 5 Casino Magnets: New Immigrants and Atlantic City Opportunity; Chapter 6 Big Visions: Expansion, Consolidation and the Great Tunnel-Connector War of the 1990s; Chapter 7 New Stylings: Finance, Retail and Challenges at the Turn of the Century; Chapter 8 Atlantic City and the American Casino Era; Chapter 9 Epilogue;