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100 | 1_ | $aSchwartz, David G.,$d1973- |
245 | 10 | $aRoll the bones :$bthe history of gambling /$cDavid G. Schwartz. |
264 | _1 | $aNew York :$bGotham Books,$c[2006] |
264 | _4 | $c©2006 |
300 | $axix, 570 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c25 cm | |
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504 | $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [501]-545) and index. | |
505 | 0_ | $aThoth'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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