{"product_id":"renos-big-gamble-9780700636044","title":"Renos Big Gamble","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraces the transformation of Reno’s reputation from backward railroad town to the nationally known ‘Sin Central’ - as Garrison Keillor observed, a place where you could see things that you wouldn’t want to see in your own hometown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo place has worked harder than ‘the biggest little city in the world’ to shape its identity and reputation. Alicia Barber tells a fascinating story about the ways that insiders and outsiders have constructed and reconstructed Reno’s image in pursuit of the big bonanza of economic growth.\" - Carl Abbott, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Metropolitan Frontier: Cities in the Modern American West and Greater Portland: Urban Life and Landscape in the Pacific Northwest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Becoming “The Biggest Little City”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. “In the Middle of a Frightful Plain”: The Quest for a Reputation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. “A Frontier Post of Civilization”: Chasing Modernity in the Progressive Era\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Selling Reno in the Consumer Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. “City of Sinful Fun”: Reno Hits the Mainstream\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Big City Struggles in the Biggest Little City\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. A New Reno for the New Millennium\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195214164311,"sku":"9780700636044","price":23.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780700636044.jpg?v=1763646759","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/renos-big-gamble-9780700636044","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}