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Luck, Leisure, and the Casino in Nineteenth-Century Europe
Jared Poley
其他書名
A Cultural History of Gambling
出版Cambridge University Press, 2023-09-07
主題Games & Activities / Gambling / GeneralHistory / Europe / GeneralSports & Recreation / General
ISBN10093935459781009393546
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ndPQEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.