Rothman, Hal

Hal Rothman is Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. "Among his books are "Devil's Bargains "(1998), "The Greening of a Nation? "(1998), and "Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the 21st Century" (due out in 2002). Mike Davis is Professor of History at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. He is the author of "City of Quartz "(1992) and "Ecology of Fear "(1998), among other books.