Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America

by Bryant Simon

Book Overview

During the first half of the twentieth century, Atlantic City was the nation's most popular middle-class resort--the home of the famed Boardwalk, the Miss America Pageant, and the board game Monopoly. By the late 1960s, it had become a symbol of urban decay and blight, compared by journalists to bombed-out Dresden and war-torn Beirut. Several decades and a dozen casinos later, Atlantic City is again one of America's most popular tourist spots, with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195308093
• ISBN13: 9780195308099
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"