Gambling : examining pop culture /
James Haley, book editor.
- San Diego : Greenhaven Press, c2004.
- 175 p. ; 23 cm.
- Examining pop culture .
Luck vs. the Protestant work ethic / Jackson Lears. -- Gambling's massive expansion / Timothy L. O'Brien. -- America's new gamblers / Rachel A. Volberg. -- Las Vegas reshapes American life / John M. Findlay. -- When gangsters ran Las Vegas casinos / David Spanier. -- The "new" Las Vegas entices the nation / Kurt Andersen. -- Baiting gamblers with rock and roll / Elizabeth Gilbert. -- The return of "sin city" / Jonah Goldberg. -- Waterfront casinos in Mississippi / Tim Stafford. -- Indian casinos: cultural exchange and gambling / Stephen Goode. -- Sports betting: the American pastime / Richard O. Davies and Richard G. Abram. -- Lottomania in North America / Chris Gudgeon and Barbara Stewart. -- The decline of charity bingo / Sarah Schweitzer. -- Gambling on the Internet / Robin Gareiss and John Soat.