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Suburban Xanadu is a new look at the rise of the casino industry, one of the most remarkable developments in late 20th century America. Within a generation, casinos went from near-outlaw businesses to thriving, state-sanctioned ones. Suburban Xanadu clearly and emphatically tells the story of how this happened, doing, in the words of casino mogul Steve Wynn, a “great job” of explaining casinos’ popularity.. This isn’t the casino history you’ve seen on TV. For too long, academic historians have shied away from seriously investigating the social, cultural, and political forces that created today’s casino industry. Finally, someone has crafted an artful, accessible historical analysis of the rise and popularity… More >> Suburban Xanadu: The Casino Resort on the Las Vegas Strip and Beyond