The Age of Chance: Gambling in Western Culture

Sampul Depan
Routledge, 5 Agu 2005 - 232 halaman

Historical context: locates gambling in attitudes from Aristotle to present day Las Vegas

Growing area of interest: here and in the US. Links to Social History, Anthropology and Consumption Studies

Strong market potential in US and Far East

Good US reviews (Steve Seidman, Univ New York, Albany); Norman Denzin, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Topical: recent surge of gambling in Britain with National Lottery; deregulation of gambling industry

 

Isi

The idea of chance
13
CHANCE AND DETERMINISM
19
Pascal
25
Chance in Britain
31
Risk
39
The pursuit of chance
44
THE SEVENTEENTHCENTURY EXPLOSION
58
Gambling
65
Bingo
104
The bookmaker
111
www casino com
123
The experience of play
127
THE CATEGORIES OF PLAY
138
Money
145
Gambling chance and status
151
Epilogue
182

Stratification and commercialisation
71
Dice
77
Playgrounds a map of the modern gambling sites
88
The lottery
98

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Tentang pengarang (2005)

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