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The Casino and Society in Britain

Author : Seamus Murphy

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 229 pages

File Size : 22,62 MB

Release : 2020-11-23

Category : History

ISBN : 0429845006

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This book is a study of the British casino industry and how it has been shaped by criminality, prohibition, regulation and liberalization since the beginning of the First World War. The reader will gain a detailed knowledge of the history, culture, identity and participants within the British casino industry, which has, to date, escaped the attention of a dedicated historical and criminological investigation. This monograph fills this gap in inquiry while drawing on primary source material that has not been used previously, including, but not confined to, records in the National Archives relating to the Gaming Board of Great Britain and the Metropolitan Police. In addition to archive material, oral histories, newspapers, published journals and books have been utilised and referenced where appropriate. Envisaged to close a gap in historical research, this book will be of interest to historians, criminologists, regulators, students and individuals interested in gambling, society and cultural history.



The Casino and Society in Britain

Author : Seamus Murphy

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 226 pages

File Size : 35,44 MB

Release : 2020-11-23

Category : History

ISBN : 0429845014

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Book Description

This book is a study of the British casino industry and how it has been shaped by criminality, prohibition, regulation and liberalization since the beginning of the First World War. The reader will gain a detailed knowledge of the history, culture, identity and participants within the British casino industry, which has, to date, escaped the attention of a dedicated historical and criminological investigation. This monograph fills this gap in inquiry while drawing on primary source material that has not been used previously, including, but not confined to, records in the National Archives relating to the Gaming Board of Great Britain and the Metropolitan Police. In addition to archive material, oral histories, newspapers, published journals and books have been utilised and referenced where appropriate. Envisaged to close a gap in historical research, this book will be of interest to historians, criminologists, regulators, students and individuals interested in gambling, society and cultural history.





Gambling in Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century

Author : Bob Harris

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 331 pages

File Size : 21,3 MB

Release : 2022-03-17

Category : History

ISBN : 1009079638

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English society in the eighteenth century was allegedly marked by a 'gambling mania'. Drawing on a vast range of new empirical evidence, Bob Harris explores the growth and prevalence of gambling across Britain and investigates who gambled, on what, and why.



Casino Capitalism, Society and Politics in China’s Macau

Author : Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo

Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Page : 301 pages

File Size : 14,79 MB

Release : 2020-07-20

Category : History

ISBN : 1527557111

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This book explores the characteristics of casino capitalism in Macau under Chinese sovereignty and administration. It argues that casino capitalism propelled the region’s economic prosperity and social stability in the period starting from the internationalization of the casino industry in 2002 to the end of 2019. However, casino capitalism also exacerbated the income gap between the rich and the poor. To tackle income inequality, the Macau developmental state combined casino capitalism with social welfarism. The region’s developmental state has been characterized by its relatively decisive leadership, its autonomy from the capitalist and working classes, and a comparatively weak civil society. China has encouraged Macau to shift from its overdependence on casino capitalism to economic diversification and integration with the Greater Bay Area. However, given Macau’s long-standing and profound dependence on casino capitalism, the path of economic diversification is destined to be long and difficult. As this book also argues, the Macau model of “one country, two systems” is a unique one which cannot be easily transplanted to Hong Kong, where the overdeveloped politics and assertive civil society are a far cry from Macau’s frozen politics and quiescent society.



The History of Gambling in England

Author : John Ashton

Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Page : 316 pages

File Size : 42,94 MB

Release : 1898

Category : History

ISBN :

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Difference between Gaming and Gambling-Universality and Antiquity of Gambling-Isis and Osiris-Games and Dice of the Egyptians-China and India-The Jews-Among the Greeks and Romans-Among Mahometans-Early Dicing-Dicing in England in the 13th and 14th Centuries-In the 17th Century-Celebrated Gamblers-Bourchier-Swiss Anecdote-Dicing in the 18th Century. Gaming is derived from the Saxon word Gamen, meaning joy, pleasure, sports, or gaming-and is so interpreted by Bailey, in his Dictionary of 1736; whilst Johnson gives Gamble-to play extravagantly for money, and this distinction is to be borne in mind in the perusal of this book; although the older term was in use until the invention of the later-as we see in Cotton's Compleat Gamester (1674), in which he gives the following excellent definition of the word: -"Gaming is an enchanting witchery, gotten between Idleness and Avarice: an itching disease, that makes some scratch the head, whilst others, as if they were bitten by a Tarantula, are laughing themselves to death; or, lastly, it is a paralytical distemper, which, seizing the arm, the man cannot chuse but shake his elbow.



Transactions and Journal of the British Ceramic Society

Author : British Ceramic Society

Publisher :

Page : 426 pages

File Size : 44,22 MB

Release : 1912

Category : Ceramics

ISBN :

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Book Description

Vols. for 1971-74, include a separate section with title: British ceramic abstracts, prepared by the British Ceramic Research Association, also issued separately.





Diplomatic Identity in Postwar Britain

Author : James Southern

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 25,96 MB

Release : 2021-05-09

Category : History

ISBN : 1000381803

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This book seeks to understand the complex ways in which the Foreign Office adapted to the rise of identity politics in Britain as it administered British foreign policy during the Cold War and the end of the British Empire. After the Second World War, cultural changes in British society forced a reconsideration of erstwhile diplomatic archetypes, as restricting recruitment to white, heterosexual, upper- or middle-class men gradually became less socially acceptable and less politically expedient. After the advent of the tripartite school system and then mass university education, the Foreign Office had to consider recruiting candidates who were qualified but had not been ‘socialized’ in the public schools and Oxbridge. Similarly, the passage of the 1948 Nationality Act technically meant nonwhites were eligible to join. The rise of the gay rights movement and postwar women’s liberation both generated further, unique dilemmas for Foreign Office recruiters. Diplomatic Identity in Postwar Britain seeks to destabilize concepts like 'talent', 'merit', 'equality' and 'representation', arguing that these were contested ideas that were subject to political and cultural renegotiation and revision throughout the period in question.



Gambling Cultures

Author : Jan McMillen

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 313 pages

File Size : 39,56 MB

Release : 2005-12-20

Category : Art

ISBN : 1134916485

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First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.