Card Sharps and Bucket Shops - Gambling in Nineteenth-Century America

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Rich Men, Poor Men 2. The Mind of Economic Man 3. Gambling on the Color Line 4. Devils in Their Gambling Hells Notes Index

About the author

Ann Fabian teaches History at Rutgers University in New Jersey. She is the author of the forthcoming PlainUnvarnished Tales: True Stories from Nineteenth-CenturyAmerica.

Summary

In this highly readable work that engages topics in American cultural and business history, Fabian details gambling in industrializing America and explores its moral and cultural implications.

Product details

• Authors: Ann Fabian, Fabian Ann
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.1999
• EAN: 9780415923576
• ISBN: 978-0-415-92357-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Weight: 490 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Anthropology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Economic history, Gambling: theories & methods, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Gambling / General, Gambling: theories and methods