Vegas at Odds Labor Conflict in a Leisure Economy, 1960-1985 /

Kraft, James P,

Vegas at Odds Labor Conflict in a Leisure Economy, 1960-1985 / [print] James P. Kraft. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (x, 273 pages, 16. pages of plates) : illustrations ; - Studies in industry and society . - Book collections on Project MUSE. Studies in industry and society. .

Includes bibliographies and index.

The rise of corporate resorts-- -- Working in Las Vegas-- -- The first work stoppages-- -- The struggle for the casinos-- -- Workplace incidents-- -- Fighting for equal rights-- -- The spirit of '76-- -- Management digs in, 1982-1984-- -- The strike of 1984-1985.

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Labor movement--History--Nevada--Las Vegas--20th century.
Labor--History--Nevada--Las Vegas--20th century.

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