The Labor of Luck: Casino Capitalism in the United States and South Africa In this gripping ethnography, Jeffrey J. Sallaz goes behind the scenes of the global casino industry to investigate the radically different worlds of work and leisure he found in identically designed casinos in the United States and South Africa. Seamlessly weaving political … “The Labor of Luck: Casino Capitalism in the United States and South Africa”
Day: April 6, 2016
On the Beach
On the Beach Nevil Shute’s most powerful novel—a bestseller for decades after its 1957 publication—is an unforgettable vision of a post-apocalyptic world. After a nuclear World War III has destroyed most of the globe, the few remaining survivors in southern Australia await the radioactive cloud that is heading their way and bringing certain death to … “On the Beach”