Fortune's Merry Wheel : The Lottery in America /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ezell, John Samuel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Edición:Reprint 2013
Temas:
Lotteries.
Wirtschaft.
Lotteries > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Illustrations
  • Chapter I. The Background of the Lottery
  • Chapter II. The Lottery Grosses to America
  • Chapter III. Authorized Lotteries in Colonial America
  • Chapter IV. War and Confederation Days
  • Chapter V. A Period of Transmutation, 1790-1860
  • Chapter VI. The Lottery as an Aid to Government, 1790-1860
  • Chapter VII. Internal Improvements, 1790-1860
  • Chapter VIII. Churches and Schools, 1790-1860
  • Chapter IX. Private and Semi-Private Lotteries, 1790-1860
  • Chapter X. The Shift in Public Opinion, 1790-1830
  • Chapter XI. The Fight for Abolition, 1830-1860
  • Chapter XII. The Civil War and the Postwar Revival
  • Chapter XIII. The Louisiana Lottery
  • Chapter XIV. Conclusions and Present Trends
  • Bibliographical. Essay. Notes. Index
  • Bibliographical Essay
  • Notes
  • Index

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