Nature and Uses of Lotteries

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Gataker was born in 1574 and was a moderate Puritan divine! advocating a mix of primitive episcopacy and Presbyterianism. He was appointed in 1611 to the parish of Rotherhithe! Surrey! where he remained until his death in 1654. Klappentext A fresh edition of author's 17th-century treatise! with spellings and explanatory notes. Zusammenfassung Thomas Gataker was a disputatious Puritan divine. His The Nature and Uses of Lotteries (1627) was the first systematic exposition of a modern view of lotteries, not just as a form of gambling, but as a fair method of division.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Thomas Gataker
• Mitarbeit: Conall Boyle (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Imprint Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.08.2008
• EAN: 9781845401177
• ISBN: 978-1-84540-117-7
• Seiten: 300
• Serien: Luck of the Draw: Sortition an; Sortition and Public Policy; Luck of the Draw: Sortition an
• Themen: Ratgeber > Hobby, Haus > Spielen, Raten; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Allgemeines, Lexika