Gambling Cultures: Studies in History and Interpretation

ISBN-13: 9780415068208 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 332 str.

Jan McMillen

Opis

From bingo in the United Kingdom to slots in Las Vegas and Sydney, and jambo in Cameroon, gambling is a feature of societies across the world. This work explores the complex relationship between cash and culture as gambling emerges as a global phenomenon. Traditional accounts of gambling's pleasures and dangers talk in terms of addiction, compulsion, greed and profit. By contrast, this work focuses on modern gambling as it has emerged as a commercial industry, analyzes the ambiguous relationship between morality and risk-taking and looks at the contradictory stance of governments. Providing a range of case studies from Africa, Australia, the USA and Europe, this work offers a comparative framework for the historical and cultural analysis of contemporary gambling practices.

Spis treści

Vicki Abt, Gabrielle A Brenner,Mark Dickerson, Rachael Dixey, David Dixon, John Dombrink, William R Eadington, Sytze Kingma, Martin Lipeb, David Miers, Wendy Selby, Michael Servert, James F Smith, Michael Walker, Peter Williams

O autorze

Jan McMillen