Luck, Leisure, and the Casino in Nineteenth-Century Europe - A Cultural History of Gambling

"Casino gambling is central to understanding the cultural, social, and intellectual history of nineteenthcentury Europe. Tracing the development of casino gambling across this period, this book connects that story to ideas about chance, luck, emotions, and psychology, and reveals how Europeans used gambling to understand their changing world"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Gambling in the nineteenth century; 2. Visiting the resort; 3. Experiencing the casino; 4. Probability and the casino; 5. Chance and luck; 6. Gambling and the body; 7. Gambling and the history of emotions; 8. The psychology of gambling; 9. What gambling was; Conclusion.

About the author

Jared Poley is Professor of History at Georgia State University. He is the author of Decolonization in Germany: Weimar Narratives of Colonial Loss and Foreign Occupation (2005) and The Devil's Riches: A Modern History of Greed (2016) as well as co-editor of volumes on religious conversion, money, and migration in Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Jared Poley
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.04.2025
• EAN: 9781009393577
• ISBN: 978-1-009-39357-7
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: New Studies in European History
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Games, quizzes; Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History of Ideas, Europe, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Gambling: theories & methods, Social and cultural history, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Gambling / General, Gambling: theories and methods