Macau and the casino complex

by Al, Stefan Gutierrez, Natalia Lee, Kah-Wee

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Title Statements

Full title :Macau and the casino complex / edited by Stefan Al ; contributing editors Kah-Wee Lee and Natalia Echeverri.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2018

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Nevada Press
Place of Publication:Reno, Nevada
Language:eng
Publication Date:2018

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (vii, 214 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780874177084, 0874177081
oclc:ocn983786396
LC Classification:NA6810
Dewey Decimal:725/.76095126

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 Façades -- C…

Subjects

ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings Architecture and society Architecture and society -- China Casinos Casinos -- China China -- Macau Gambling industry Gambling industry -- China Urbanization Urbanization -- China