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Title Macau and the casino complex / edited by Stefan Al ; contributing editors Kah-Wee Lee and Natalia Echeverri
Published Reno, Nevada : University of Nevada Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 214 pages)
Series The gambling studies series
Gambling studies series.
Contents Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Macau and the Casino Complex -- Chapter 1. Petri-Dish Urbanism -- Chapter 2. Uncommon Ground -- Chapter 3. Spectacular Architecture at the Frontiers of Global Capitalism -- Chapter 4. Hotel Estoril -- Chapter 5. Critical Reflections on the Myth of the Chinese Gambler -- Chapter 6. May the Qi Be With You! Feng Shui in Macau's Casinos -- Chapter 7. Reassessing Economic Success: More Than a Decade After Casino Liberation in Macau -- Casinos in Macau -- A. Macau Peninsula -- A1. Casino Lisboa
A2. President -- A3. Grand Lapa -- A4. Holiday Inn -- A5. Golden Dragon -- A6. Casa Real -- A7. Grand Emperor -- A8. Rio -- A9. Grand Lisboa -- A10. Ponte 16 -- B. Nape (Novos Aterros do Porto Exterior) -- B1. Sands -- B2. Wynn/Encore -- B3. Casino Babylon -- B4. Starworld -- B5. MGM Grand -- B6. L'Arc -- C. Taipa -- C1. New Century -- C2. Taipa Square -- C3. Altira -- D. Cotai -- D1. Broadway -- D2. Venetian -- D3. Plaza -- D4. City of Dreams -- D5. Galaxy -- D6. Sands Cotai Central -- D7. Studio City -- Comparing Casino Motifs -- Comparing Casino Elevators -- Comparing Casino Outfits
Casino FaƧades -- Casino Lobbies -- Contributors -- About the Editor -- Credits -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 16, 2018)
Subject Casinos -- China -- Macau
Gambling industry -- China -- Macau
Architecture and society -- China -- Macau
Urbanization -- China -- Macau
ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial.
Architecture and society
Casinos
Gambling industry
Urbanization
China -- Macau
Form Electronic book
Author Al, Stefan, editor
Lee, Kah Wee, contributor
GutiƩrrez, Natalia, contributor
LC no. 2017018490
ISBN 9780874177084
0874177081