Paul J Vanderwood

Satan's Playground

Mobsters and Movie Stars at America's Greatest Gaming Resort

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Produktbeschreibung

History of the gambling industry in and around Tijuana at the start of the 20th century that traces its growth alongside the growth of Southern California and also explores its impact on crime, gangs, political corruption, and prohibition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 163mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9780822346913
• ISBN-10: 0822346915
• Artikelnr.: 30220908

Autorenporträt

Paul J. Vanderwood (1929-2011) was Professor Emeritus of Mexican History at San Diego State University. He was the author of several books including Juan Soldado: Rapist, Murderer, Martyr, Saint, also published by Duke University Press; The Power of God against the Guns of Government: Religious Upheaval in Mexico at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century; Disorder and Progress: Bandits, Police, and Mexican Development; and Border Fury: A Picture Postcard Record of Mexico’s Revolution and U.S. War Preparedness, 1910–1917.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
1. The Mob Strikes the Border Barons 1
2. Mobs 12
3. Playground of the Hemisphere 37
4. Fortuitous Breaks 51
5. Border Babylon 71
6. King of Border Vice 80
7. "They're Off!" 90
8. Prohibition's Bounty 103
9. The New Wave 119
10. Agua Caliente in Gestation 134
11. Building Camelot 140
12. Capt. Jerry's Day 172
13. "Silent" Marty's Oration 179
14. Veracity 190
15. Fixes 199
16. Sentencing and Censoring 212
17. Hollywood's Playground 222
18. "Place Your Bets!" 238
19. Get the Barons 272
20. Fools and Thieves 291
21. A Dead Cock in the Pit 304
22. What Ever Happened To? 320
23. Ghosts 336
Notes 341
Bibliography 373
Index 385