Article: Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century

Article: Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas ...
The Historian;  June 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century ... historian at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has written an unusual book, which ... analysis. The "city of sin," as Las Vegas used to be called, has been one ...

Article: Beyond the strip: Simple pleasures--the desert outdoors, soothing ...
Sunset;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Henderson southeast of the Strip, and the Regent Las Vegas in the community of Summerlin to the northwest ... of history at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and author of Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the 21st Century, observes: "People ...

Article: Las Vegas — where glut is king
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  January 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Vegas, you can choose your fantasy. And in Las Vegas, if it doesn't work, you can always ... professor at the University of Nevada -Las Vegas, is the author of "Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the 21st Century" (Routledge ...

Article: Las Vegas is fabulous, thanks to Betty
International Herald Tribune;  January 20, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... spells out ''Welcome to Fabulous Downtown Las Vegas.''''Visitors see the sign with the ... history professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and the author of ''Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the 21st Century.''The sign ...

Article: Las Vegas confident despite looming realities
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  January 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... become the worst in half a millennium. Las Vegas gets 85 percent of its water from Lake ... chairman of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas history department and author of "Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century ...

Article: Can Vegas keep growing? We all need to know Las ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... become the worst in half a millennium. Las Vegas gets 85 percent of its water from Lake ... chairman of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas history department and author of Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century ...

Transcript: Profile: Las Vegas mob museum
NPR All Things Considered;  May 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... lined office overlooking downtown Las Vegas, Goodman acknowledges his first ... organized crime transformed Las Vegas from a bedraggled collection ... Rothman is the author of "Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Began the 21st Century." He ...