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  Title

  Roll the bones : the history of gambling

  Author

  Schwartz, David G., 1973-  

  Publisher:

  Gotham Books,

  Pub date:

  c2006.

  Pages:

  xix, 570 p., [8] p. of plates :

  ISBN:

  1592402089

  Item info:

  1 copy available at Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library.
  

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    Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    HV6710 .S38 2006	1	Book	Available, On shelf

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  ISBN:

  1592402089 (hardcover)

  ISBN:

  9781592402083 (hardcover)

  029:

  YDXCP 2430849

  Personal Author:

  Schwartz, David G., 1973-

  Title:

  Roll the bones : the history of gambling / David G. Schwartz.

  Publication info:

  New York : Gotham Books, c2006.

  Physical description:

  xix, 570 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

  Contents:

  Thoth'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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  Subject term:

  Gambling--History.

  HTTP:

  http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0614/2006017509.html

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