Playing the numbers : gambling in Harlem between the wars /

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The phrase "Harlem in the 1920s" evokes images of the Harlem Renaissance, or of Marcus Garvey and soapbox orators haranguing crowds about politics and race. Yet the most ubiquitous feature of Harlem life between the world wars was the game of "numbers." Thousands of wagers, usual...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: White, Shane
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Gambling > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Lotteries > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
City and town life > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions > 20th century.
Informal sector (Economics) > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Jeux de hasard > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Loteries > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Vie urbaine > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > New York (État) > New York > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Secteur informel (Économie politique) > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
African Americans > Social conditions
City and town life
Economic history
Gambling
Informal sector (Economics)
Lotteries
Social conditions
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
New York (State) > New York
New York (State) > New York > Harlem
History
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Table of Contents:
  • History
  • Beginnings
  • Dreams
  • Turf wars
  • Numbers' lore
  • Of kings and queens
  • The Dutchman cometh
  • Of banks and bankers
  • All over town
  • Epilogue.

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