{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"University of Minnesota Press","title":"Casino gaming in Macau","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e49b247f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3744,"description":"Identified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, contemporary Macau has metamorphosed into a surreal, hypermodern urban landscape augmented by massive casino megaresorts, including two of the world’s largest buildings. In Betting on Macau: Casino Capitalism and China’s Consumer Revolution, Tim Simpson uncovers various roots of the region’s radical transformation. Here, Simpson is joined in conversation with Cathryn H. Clayton. Access the transcript: https://share.transistor.fm/s/e49b247f\n\nTim Simpson is associate professor of communication at the University of Macau.\n\nCathryn H. Clayton is associate professor and chair of the Asian studies program at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa.\n\nWORKS REFERENCED:\nDavid Schwartz / Suburban Xanadu\nNatasha Dow Schüll / Addiction by Design\nSusan Strange / Casino Capitalism\nCathryn H. Clayton / Sovereignty at the Edge\n\nPEOPLE REFERENCED:\nSheldon Adelson\nJohn Maynard Keynes\nDeng Xiaoping\n\n“A must-read for scholars and practitioners of urban planning and architecture, particularly those working in or studying urbanization in China.”\n—Miodrag Mitrašinović\n\n\nBetting on Macau: Casino Capitalism and China’s Consumer Revolution is available from University of Minnesota Press.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/fAwENHzmp9h_PaRnnj_lblPe4NxpUbbLPc46_lIefAU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84ZDM5/YzQwMzU5YTA2NTdh/MDAzOGFkZGNlNjk3/NTRjOC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}