Description
Las Vegas is known the world over as an oasis of entertainment in the Nevada desert, but to more than a million people of exceptionally varied origins, it is also home. Yet this city is rarely mentioned in studies of ethnicity or immigration, and the rich diversity of its population is largely invisible to Las Vegans and visitors alike.

In The Peoples of Las Vegas: One City, Many Faces, seventeen scholars from several disciplines—most of them members of the groups they write about—profile thirteen of the ethnic groups that make up Las Vegas’s population. They discuss the motivation and processes of their group’s migration to Las Vegas, its economic pursuits, its involvement with the broader community and its ties with the homeland, as well as the nation and international demographic trends affecting immigration into southern Nevada. Here is a rich look into the vibrant ethnic life that lies just beneath the glittering surface of one of American’s most unusual cities.

Contents
Eugene P. Moehring
Immigration, Ethnicity, and the Rise of Las Vegas
Dina Titus and Thomas C. Wright
The Ethnic Diversification of Las Vegas
Martha C. Knack
The Southern Paiutes, Native Americans
M. L. Miranda
The Mexicans
Earnest N. Bracey
The Blacks
Sue Fawn Chung
The Chinese
E. D. Karampetsos and Stavros Anthony
The Greeks
Alan Balboni
The Italians
Michael Green
The Jews
Jerry L. Simich
The Croats
Ted G. Jelen
The Poles
Art Clarito, Heather Lawler, and Gary B. Palmer
The Filipinos
Thomas C. Wright and Jesse Dino Moody
The Salvadorans
Satish Sharma
Immigrants from the Indian Subcontinent
Bernardo T. Arriaza
The Chileans