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Roll the bones : the history of gambling / David G. Schwartz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Gotham Books, c2006.Description: xix, 570 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1592402089 (hardcover)
  • 9781592402083 (hardcover)
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Contents:
Thoth's gift : the ancient origins of gambling -- The die is cast : from classical to medieval times -- Knaves and kings : cards come into play -- Taming Tyche : the science of chance creates professional gambling -- The Ridotto revolution : mercantile gamblers create the casino -- All is on the hazard : the British come into play -- Star-spangled gamblers : the birth of American gambling -- Baiting John Bull : British gambling, 1750-1914 -- Seeking the cure : spa gambling defines Europe -- Flight of the sparrow : gambling, conquest, and colonies -- Wild cards : gambling moves west -- Fools of fortune : American gambling becomes urban -- A sunny place for shady people : gambling on the French Riviera -- Wise guys and one-armed bandits : big-city gambling in the twentieth century -- Hard to resist : Nevada becomes America's gambling oasis -- The salvation of sin : is gambling a crime or a virtue? -- A place in the sun : the Strip is born -- Runaway American dream : gambling in the public interest -- All in : gambling's global spread -- A clockwork volcano : technology and triumph -- The dream : history in perspective.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks HV6710.S38 2006 1 Available 33710001023121

Includes bibliographical references (p. [501]-545) and index.

Thoth's gift : the ancient origins of gambling -- The die is cast : from classical to medieval times -- Knaves and kings : cards come into play -- Taming Tyche : the science of chance creates professional gambling -- The Ridotto revolution : mercantile gamblers create the casino -- All is on the hazard : the British come into play -- Star-spangled gamblers : the birth of American gambling -- Baiting John Bull : British gambling, 1750-1914 -- Seeking the cure : spa gambling defines Europe -- Flight of the sparrow : gambling, conquest, and colonies -- Wild cards : gambling moves west -- Fools of fortune : American gambling becomes urban -- A sunny place for shady people : gambling on the French Riviera -- Wise guys and one-armed bandits : big-city gambling in the twentieth century -- Hard to resist : Nevada becomes America's gambling oasis -- The salvation of sin : is gambling a crime or a virtue? -- A place in the sun : the Strip is born -- Runaway American dream : gambling in the public interest -- All in : gambling's global spread -- A clockwork volcano : technology and triumph -- The dream : history in perspective.