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Working-Class Gambling in Britain c. 1906-1960s: The Stages of the Political Debate
WorkingClass Gambling in Britain c 19061960s The Stages of the Political Debate
Author: Keith Laybourn
This book examines the class nature of gambling in Britain which made the off-course ready-money gambling of the working-class illegal while permitting the middle-class off-course credit gambling. It rejects the views of the National Anti-Gambling League that working-class gambling was an excessive waste of money and suggests that it was, by an...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780773453746
ISBN-10: 0773453741
Publication Date: 5/17/2007
Pages: 356
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Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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