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The gambling century : commercial gaming in Britain from Restoration to Regency / John Eglin.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191982170Subject(s): Gambling -- Great Britain -- History
| Society | Society & culture: generalAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780192888198DDC classification: 306.4820942 LOC classification: HV6722Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: 'The Gambling Century' focuses like no previous work on those who enabled, facilitated, and profited from gambling, as well as on efforts to regulate or outlaw it. Using extensive archival material as well as printed sources, it follows its subjects from the Court to the coffeehouse, to private clubs and 'at homes' in townhouses, all of which prefigure that quintessentially modern gambling space, the casino.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Also issued in print: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'The Gambling Century' focuses like no previous work on those who enabled, facilitated, and profited from gambling, as well as on efforts to regulate or outlaw it. Using extensive archival material as well as printed sources, it follows its subjects from the Court to the coffeehouse, to private clubs and 'at homes' in townhouses, all of which prefigure that quintessentially modern gambling space, the casino.
Specialized.
Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 14, 2023).