9798258338280 - bugsy siegel and the birth of las vegas: the flamingo dreams de bruno, rico (6 resultados)
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Librería: California Books, Miami, FL, Estados Unidos de AmericaCalifornia Books
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In the years after World War II, a stretch of desert on the edge of Nevada became the stage for one of the most improbable transformations in American history. Out of dust, distance, and uncertainty, Las Vegas began to take shape-not as a conventional city, but as an experiment in risk, rein…vention, and reward. At the center of this shift stood Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, a man shaped by the brutal street economies of New York and elevated into a far more ambitious arena where crime, capital, and spectacle began to converge.Flamingo Dreams: Bugsy Siegel and the Birth of Las Vegas traces this transformation through the lens of power, ambition, and structural change. It moves beyond the familiar mythologies that surround Siegel to examine the historical forces that made his rise possible: the decline of Prohibition-era networks, the evolution of organized crime into corporate-style syndicates, and the emergence of Las Vegas as a financial and cultural frontier. Rather than treating Siegel as an isolated figure of notoriety, this account situates him within a broader system-one in which legality and illegality often overlapped, and where opportunity was defined by access, influence, and risk.Through a carefully reconstructed historical narrative grounded in documented sources, this book explores how vision and volatility combined to shape one of the most iconic cities in the modern world. It reveals how the Flamingo Hotel became more than a failed luxury project-it became a turning point in the relationship between organized crime and American development, and a symbol of the fragile boundary between aspiration and collapse.This is not simply the story of a gangster. It is the story of how cities are built in the shadows of ambition, and how the pursuit of profit can reshape landscapes, institutions, and memory itself. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In the years after World War II, a stretch of desert on the edge of Nevada became the stage for one of the most improbable transformations in American history. Out of dust, distance, and uncertainty, Las Vegas began to take shape-not as a conventional city, but as an experiment in risk, rein…vention, and reward. At the center of this shift stood Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, a man shaped by the brutal street economies of New York and elevated into a far more ambitious arena where crime, capital, and spectacle began to converge.Flamingo Dreams: Bugsy Siegel and the Birth of Las Vegas traces this transformation through the lens of power, ambition, and structural change. It moves beyond the familiar mythologies that surround Siegel to examine the historical forces that made his rise possible: the decline of Prohibition-era networks, the evolution of organized crime into corporate-style syndicates, and the emergence of Las Vegas as a financial and cultural frontier. Rather than treating Siegel as an isolated figure of notoriety, this account situates him within a broader system-one in which legality and illegality often overlapped, and where opportunity was defined by access, influence, and risk.Through a carefully reconstructed historical narrative grounded in documented sources, this book explores how vision and volatility combined to shape one of the most iconic cities in the modern world. It reveals how the Flamingo Hotel became more than a failed luxury project-it became a turning point in the relationship between organized crime and American development, and a symbol of the fragile boundary between aspiration and collapse.This is not simply the story of a gangster. It is the story of how cities are built in the shadows of ambition, and how the pursuit of profit can reshape landscapes, institutions, and memory itself. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
