Daniel K. Bubb is Director of Academic Assessment, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He studies the growth of Las Vegas due to the increased ease of air travel.
“This book presents a case study exemplifying a dominant theme of
the twentieth-century American West—the triumph of technology over
nature, space, and time. No other book so clearly demonstrates the
close historic ties between the commercial passenger aviation
industry and the economic growth and vitality of Las Vegas in the
broader context of aviation history and the history of the American
West.” -- Daniel Rust, author of Flying Across America: The Airline
Passenger Experience
“Landing in Las Vegas is of considerable significance and
well-handled. It explores the important issue of commercial
aeronautical policy in both a regional and national setting, as
well as the incursion of international travel to Las Vegas in the
1970s. This is an important subject that has not received the
attention it deserves.” -- Roger Launius, senior curator of the
Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum
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