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OverviewResort City in the Sunbelt is a non-sensationalistic, scholarly account of Las Vegas from the building of the Hoover Dam to the construction of the MGM Grand Hotel. Historian Eugene Moehring provides a balanced view of the city’s urban development. Although a unique city in many ways, Las Vegas has displayed characteristics common to other sunbelt cities across the western United States—including underfunded social services, low-density urbanization with a heavy reliance upon automobiles, a sluggish response to problems within minority communities, a preference for efficient, business-like government, and a mania for low taxes. The gaming and resort aspects are fully considered, but Moehring emphasizes the city as part of the continually expanding sunbelt. From this important study, historians will conclude that, despite some of its unusual traits, Las Vegas is much like other western cities and therefore deserves recognition as one of the fastest-growing centers in postwar America. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Eugene P. MoehringPublisher: University of Nevada Press Imprint: University of Nevada Press Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.547kg ISBN: 9780874173567ISBN 10: 0874173566 Pages: 359 Publication Date: 31 May 2000 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsEugene P. Moehring is, perhaps, one of the most capable individuals active in the field of urban history... While there are many more exciting accounts of Las Vegas, there are none more important than this for a serious Western or urban historian. -Journal of the West, October 1991 Although the city has enjoyed increasing prosperity, Moehring worries that the economy has been built around one basic industry, tourism, which could make it vulnerable in the future. But looking back from 2000, probably no other city in the United States has had such a spectacular rise as Las Vegas, and it makes for a spectacular story that he tells well. -Journal of the West, Winter 2002 Eugene P. Moehring is, perhaps, one of the most capable individuals active in the field of urban history. . . . While there are many more exciting accounts of Las Vegas, there are none more important than this for a serious Western or urban historian. -Journal of the West, October 1991 Although the city has enjoyed increasing prosperity, Moehring worries that the economy has been built around one basic industry, tourism, which could make it vulnerable in the future. But looking back from 2000, probably no other city in the United States has had such a spectacular rise as Las Vegas, and it makes for a spectacular story that he tells well. -Journal of the West, Winter 2002 Author InformationEugene Moehring is a professor of history and chair of the history department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He received his Ph.D. in 1976 from the City University of New York and his B.A. (1968) and M.A. (1970) in history from Queens College. A specialist in urban history, he also taught courses in business history, the U.S. since 1920, Nevada history, and the history of science. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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