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Wine By Design
Santa Barbara's Quest for Terroir
ISBN: 9781948908443
Pub Date: 18 March 2020
Format: Paperback
248 Pages
In the later-half of the twentieth-century the Santa Barbara, California wine industry became a vital part of the global wine community through a process of wine by design that utilized science, technology, and agribusiness capitalist tenants. This history, set in the context of nineteenth- and twentieth-century state, national, and global wine history, illuminates a story of how a regional wine industry became part of the national and international wine industry.
The Korean-American Dream
Portraits of a Successful Immigrant Community
ISBN: 9781943859856
Pub Date: 15 October 2018
Format: Paperback
168 Pages
Internationally renowned and award-winning journalist delivers a sophisticated and in-depth portrait of Korean Americans in Los Angeles
Mining the Borderlands
Industry, Capital, and the Emergence of Engineers in the Southwest Territories, 1855-1910
ISBN: 9781943859832
Pub Date: 1 October 2018
Format: Hardcover
184 Pages
A significant examination of the key mining professionals who transformed the US-Mexico borderlands
Tales from the Slot Floor
Casino Slot Managers in Their Own Words
ISBN: 9781939546111
Pub Date: 22 June 2018
Format: Paperback
244 Pages
For those interested in becoming slot managers, or those just curious about how casinos work, Tales from the Slot Floor gives you the inside story of slot operations, from those who do it.
Nevada's Great Recession
Looking Back, Moving Forward
ISBN: 9781943859412
Pub Date: 26 July 2017
Format: Paperback
264 Pages
A small state in a big crisis.
No Equal In The World
An Interpretation Of The Academic Presidency
ISBN: 9780874173734
Pub Date: 6 September 2016
Format: Paperback
320 Pages
An examination of the evolution of the office of university president
Tales from the Pit
Casino Table Games Managers in Their Own Words
ISBN: 9781939546098
Pub Date: 25 May 2016
Format: Paperback
300 Pages
This book illuminates the past several decades of casino history through the words of those who lived and made it.
On the Frontline in Macao
Casino Employees, Informal Learning, & Customer Service
ISBN: 9781939546081
Pub Date: 13 July 2015
Format: Paperback
220 Pages
Based on 49 interviews with frontline employees of six Macao casinos, On the Frontline in Macao is the most exhaustive study of Asian casino employees published in English to date. While it is sure to be valuable to those with an academic interest in Macao gaming, it has relevance to the industry as well: at the end of the book, twelve propositions and nine recommendations for practice explain to casino professionals just how they can utilize the author’s findings to improve their management.
Witnesses to the Struggle
Imaging the 1930s California Labor Movement
ISBN: 9780874174502
Pub Date: 16 May 2014
Format: Paperback
256 Pages
Groundbreaking, cross-disciplinary study of the lasting impact of the artists and writers such who gave a human face to the struggles of farmworkers in California during the Great Depression, with focus on John Steinbeck and Dorothea Lange.
Frontiers in Chance
Gaming Research Across the Disciplines
ISBN: 9781939546036
Pub Date: 14 June 2013
Format: Paperback
354 Pages
This collection pulls together 17 papers originally published in the series, making them available in one book for the first time. Ranging from the mythologies surrounding notorious gangster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel to a look at the lessons that the financial crisis (should have) taught Las Vegas casinos to a cross-national examination of how governments spend the money they accrue from gambling proceeds and taxes, this collection draws on several disciplines, including history, sociology, philosophy, public policy, and business.
Taken together, these papers provide a snapshot into the diversity of work currently being conducted in a variety of fields with the common focus of gambling, in its many manifestations.
Wine By Design
Santa Barbara's Quest for Terroir
ISBN: 9781948908443
Pub Date: 18 March 2020
Format: Paperback
248 Pages
The Korean-American Dream
Portraits of a Successful Immigrant Community
ISBN: 9781943859856
Pub Date: 15 October 2018
Format: Paperback
168 Pages
Mining the Borderlands
Industry, Capital, and the Emergence of Engineers in the Southwest Territories, 1855-1910
ISBN: 9781943859832
Pub Date: 1 October 2018
Format: Hardcover
184 Pages
Tales from the Slot Floor
Casino Slot Managers in Their Own Words
ISBN: 9781939546111
Pub Date: 22 June 2018
Format: Paperback
244 Pages
Nevada's Great Recession
Looking Back, Moving Forward
ISBN: 9781943859412
Pub Date: 26 July 2017
Format: Paperback
264 Pages
No Equal In The World
An Interpretation Of The Academic Presidency
ISBN: 9780874173734
Pub Date: 6 September 2016
Format: Paperback
320 Pages
Tales from the Pit
Casino Table Games Managers in Their Own Words
ISBN: 9781939546098
Pub Date: 25 May 2016
Format: Paperback
300 Pages
On the Frontline in Macao
Casino Employees, Informal Learning, & Customer Service
ISBN: 9781939546081
Pub Date: 13 July 2015
Format: Paperback
220 Pages
Witnesses to the Struggle
Imaging the 1930s California Labor Movement
ISBN: 9780874174502
Pub Date: 16 May 2014
Format: Paperback
256 Pages
Frontiers in Chance
Gaming Research Across the Disciplines
ISBN: 9781939546036
Pub Date: 14 June 2013
Format: Paperback
354 Pages
This collection pulls together 17 papers originally published in the series, making them available in one book for the first time. Ranging from the mythologies surrounding notorious gangster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel to a look at the lessons that the financial crisis (should have) taught Las Vegas casinos to a cross-national examination of how governments spend the money they accrue from gambling proceeds and taxes, this collection draws on several disciplines, including history, sociology, philosophy, public policy, and business.
Taken together, these papers provide a snapshot into the diversity of work currently being conducted in a variety of fields with the common focus of gambling, in its many manifestations.