Laws of Chance – Brazil′s Clandestine Lottery and the Making of Urban Public Life: Radical Perspectives
Autor Amy Chazkelen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 iun 2011
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780822349884
ISBN-10: 0822349884
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: 33 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Editura: MD – Duke University Press
Seria Radical Perspectives
ISBN-10: 0822349884
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: 33 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Editura: MD – Duke University Press
Seria Radical Perspectives
Cuprins
Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; A Note on Brazilian Currency and Orthography; AcknowledgmentsIntroduction; Chapter 1: Origins of the Jogo do Bicho; Chapter 2: The Rules of the Game; Chapter 3: An Underworld of Goods; Chapter 4: Playing with Money in Republican Rio de Janeiro; Chapter 5: Lives of the Players; Chapter 6: Vale o Escrito; EpilogueAppendix: Federal Legislation Pertaining to the Jogo do Bicho, 1890-1946; Glossary of Portuguese Terms; Bibliography; Summary of Archives Consulted and Abbreviations; Index
Recenzii
Taking the origins and evolution of a seemingly innocuous and commonplace informal lottery--the Brazilian animal game--as a foundation, this study builds concentric rings of information and analysis to explore relationships: between law and practice, state and society, formal institutions and everyday life. The result is an illuminating essay on modernity and urban culture more broadly. Thomas Holloway, University of California, DavisFocusing on a fascinating place and time, Amy Chazkel casts unprecedented light on the tangled relations among gambling, market culture, and the modern state. She also tells a lot of good stories. Laws of Chance is a delight to read, as well as a major work of imaginative historical scholarship.--Jackson Lears, author of Something for Nothing: Luck in America
"Taking the origins and evolution of a seemingly innocuous and commonplace informal lottery--the Brazilian 'animal game'--as a foundation, this study builds concentric rings of information and analysis to explore relationships: between law and practice, state and society, formal institutions and everyday life. The result is an illuminating essay on modernity and urban culture more broadly." Thomas Holloway, University of California, Davis "Focusing on a fascinating place and time, Amy Chazkel casts unprecedented light on the tangled relations among gambling, market culture, and the modern state. She also tells a lot of good stories. Laws of Chance is a delight to read, as well as a major work of imaginative historical scholarship."--Jackson Lears, author of Something for Nothing: Luck in America
"Taking the origins and evolution of a seemingly innocuous and commonplace informal lottery--the Brazilian 'animal game'--as a foundation, this study builds concentric rings of information and analysis to explore relationships: between law and practice, state and society, formal institutions and everyday life. The result is an illuminating essay on modernity and urban culture more broadly." Thomas Holloway, University of California, Davis "Focusing on a fascinating place and time, Amy Chazkel casts unprecedented light on the tangled relations among gambling, market culture, and the modern state. She also tells a lot of good stories. Laws of Chance is a delight to read, as well as a major work of imaginative historical scholarship."--Jackson Lears, author of Something for Nothing: Luck in America
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The history of a popular but illegal Brazilian lottery