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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    24 August 2023
    07 September 2023
    ISBN:
    9781009393539
    9781009393546
    9781009393577
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009393539
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.48kg, 228 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.336kg, 228 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Area Studies, European History after 1450, History, European Studies
    Series:
    New Studies in European History
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    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Area Studies, European History after 1450, History, European Studies
    Series:
    New Studies in European History
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    Gambling was central to the cultural, social, and intellectual history of nineteenth-century Europe. By tracing the evolution of gambling and investigating the spatial qualities of the casino, this book reveals how Europeans used gambling to understand their changing world. The development of resorts and the architectural qualities of casinos demonstrate how new leisure practices, combined with revolutions in transportation and communication, fashioned resort gambling in the Rhineland and Riviera. Jared Poley explores the importance of casino gambling in people's lives, probing how gambling and fate intersected. The casino impacted understandings of the body, excited emotions, and drove the 'psychology' of the gambler, as well as affecting ideas about probability, chance, and luck. Ultimately, this book addresses the fundamental question of what gambling was for, and how it opened up opportunities to understand theories about aggression, play, and human development.

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