Bob Harris

Gambling in Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This new account of gambling in Britain in the long eighteenth century investigates who gambled, on what, and why.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009079839
• Artikelnr.: 70913939

Autorenporträt

Bob Harris is Professor of British History at the University of Oxford, and Harry Pitt Fellow in History at Worcester College. He has written numerous books and articles on the history of Britain in the long eighteenth century, including Politics and the Nation: Britain in the Mid Eighteenth Century (2002) and The Scottish People and the French Revolution (2008). His book, The Scottish Town in the Age of Enlightenment, c.1740-1820 (2014), co-authored with Charles McKean, won the Saltire Society's Scottish Book of the Year in 2014.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Gambling for high stakes or 'deep play'
2. In search of popular gambling
3. The rise of the lottery
4. Lottery adventures and adventurers
5. Gamblers and the law
Conclusion.