Satan's Playground
Mobsters and Movie Stars at America's Greatest Gaming Resort
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
- ISBN: 978-0-8223-4702-6
- EAN: 9780822347026
- Produktnummer: 5545581
- Verlag: Duke University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 408 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.5 cm 594 g
- Abbildungen: 78 illustrations, 4 maps
- Gewicht: 594
Über den Autor
Paul J. Vanderwood is Professor Emeritus of Mexican History at San Diego State University. He is 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.
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