The labor of luck: casino capitalism in the United States and South Africa
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-309) and index Cover; Contents; List ofIllustrations; List ofTables; Preface; Part One: Behind the Tables; 1. Nevada: Learning to Deal; 2. Silver State Casino: Entrepreneurs at Work; 3. South Africa: Gambling with Empowerment; 4. Gold City Casino: Effacing Labor; Part Two: Beyond the Scenes; 5. The Politics of Producing Service; 6. Cut from the Same Cloth: Convergent Historical Origins; 7. The Birth of Regulation: States, Stigmata, and Symbolic Capital; 8. Of Dice and Men: Divergent Modes of Management; Conclusion: Casino Capitalism and Politico-Performativity Methodological Appendix: Comparative Ethnography and Reflexive ScienceNotes; Bibliography; Index In this gripping ethnography, Jeffrey J. Sallaz goes behind the scenes of the global casino industry to investigate the radically different worlds of work and leisure he found in identically designed casinos in the United States and South Africa. Seamlessly weaving political and economic history with his own personal experience, Sallaz provides a riveting account of two years spent working among both countries' casino dealers, pit bosses, and politicians. While the popular imagination sees the Nevada casino as a hedonistic world of consumption, The Labor of Luck shows that the "Vegas experienc |
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| spelling | Sallaz, Jeffrey J. Verfasser aut The labor of luck casino capitalism in the United States and South Africa Jeffrey J. Sallaz Berkeley University of California Press c2009 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 326 p.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-309) and index Cover; Contents; List ofIllustrations; List ofTables; Preface; Part One: Behind the Tables; 1. Nevada: Learning to Deal; 2. Silver State Casino: Entrepreneurs at Work; 3. South Africa: Gambling with Empowerment; 4. Gold City Casino: Effacing Labor; Part Two: Beyond the Scenes; 5. The Politics of Producing Service; 6. Cut from the Same Cloth: Convergent Historical Origins; 7. The Birth of Regulation: States, Stigmata, and Symbolic Capital; 8. Of Dice and Men: Divergent Modes of Management; Conclusion: Casino Capitalism and Politico-Performativity Methodological Appendix: Comparative Ethnography and Reflexive ScienceNotes; Bibliography; Index In this gripping ethnography, Jeffrey J. Sallaz goes behind the scenes of the global casino industry to investigate the radically different worlds of work and leisure he found in identically designed casinos in the United States and South Africa. Seamlessly weaving political and economic history with his own personal experience, Sallaz provides a riveting account of two years spent working among both countries' casino dealers, pit bosses, and politicians. While the popular imagination sees the Nevada casino as a hedonistic world of consumption, The Labor of Luck shows that the "Vegas experienc Geschichte swd Geschichte gnd rswk-swf Spielbank swd Glücksspielmarkt swd Kontrolle swd Casinos fast Casinos / South Africa Casinos / United States Social Science Business BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Park & Recreation Management bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural bisacsh Industrie Wirtschaft Casinos United States Casinos South Africa Spielbank (DE-588)4056221-9 gnd rswk-swf Glücksspielmarkt (DE-588)4316442-0 gnd rswk-swf Kontrolle (DE-588)4032312-2 gnd rswk-swf Südafrika (Staat) USA Südafrika (DE-588)4078012-0 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Glücksspielmarkt (DE-588)4316442-0 s Kontrolle (DE-588)4032312-2 s Südafrika (DE-588)4078012-0 g 1\p DE-604 Spielbank (DE-588)4056221-9 s Geschichte z 2\p DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover 0-520-25948-3 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback 0-520-25949-1 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover 978-0-520-25948-5 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback 978-0-520-25949-2 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=306042 Aggregator Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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| title | The labor of luck casino capitalism in the United States and South Africa |
| title_auth | The labor of luck casino capitalism in the United States and South Africa |
| title_exact_search | The labor of luck casino capitalism in the United States and South Africa |
| title_full | The labor of luck casino capitalism in the United States and South Africa Jeffrey J. Sallaz |
| title_fullStr | The labor of luck casino capitalism in the United States and South Africa Jeffrey J. Sallaz |
| title_full_unstemmed | The labor of luck casino capitalism in the United States and South Africa Jeffrey J. Sallaz |
| title_short | The labor of luck |
| title_sort | the labor of luck casino capitalism in the united states and south africa |
| title_sub | casino capitalism in the United States and South Africa |
| topic | Spielbank swd Glücksspielmarkt swd Kontrolle swd Casinos fast Casinos / South Africa Casinos / United States Social Science Business BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Park & Recreation Management bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural bisacsh Industrie Wirtschaft Casinos United States Casinos South Africa Spielbank (DE-588)4056221-9 gnd Glücksspielmarkt (DE-588)4316442-0 gnd Kontrolle (DE-588)4032312-2 gnd |
| topic_facet | Spielbank Glücksspielmarkt Kontrolle Casinos Casinos / South Africa Casinos / United States Social Science Business BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Park & Recreation Management SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural Industrie Wirtschaft Casinos United States Casinos South Africa Südafrika (Staat) USA Südafrika |
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