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“Dream Books and Gamblers is a must read! Schlabach impressively weaves together a fascinating narrative about Chicago’s policy racket between 1890 and 1968. A major contribution to the fields of business and Black women’s histories, Schlabach illuminates Black women’s important and multifaceted role in the urban gambling enterprises. Dream Books and Gamblers is certain to transform our understanding of African American history, leaving scholars with new ways of researching and discussing Black life and culture.”--LaShawn Harris, author of Sex Workers, Psychics, and Numbers Runners

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments

Introduction

  1. “The Best Job I Ever Had”
  2. Chicago’s First Policy Queens
  3. Chicago’s Most Famous Policy Queen
  4. Dream Books, Fortune-Tellers, and Mediumship
  5. What Arrest Records Reveal
  6. Legal Strategies for Policy Women
Conclusion

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index

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      Publisher: University of Illinois Press
      Publication Date: 22/11/2022
      ISBN13: 9780252044786, 978-0252044786
      ISBN10: 0252044789
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      “Dream Books and Gamblers is a must read! Schlabach impressively weaves together a fascinating narrative about Chicago’s policy racket between 1890 and 1968. A major contribution to the fields of business and Black women’s histories, Schlabach illuminates Black women’s important and multifaceted role in the urban gambling enterprises. Dream Books and Gamblers is certain to transform our understanding of African American history, leaving scholars with new ways of researching and discussing Black life and culture.”--LaShawn Harris, author of Sex Workers, Psychics, and Numbers Runners

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      1. “The Best Job I Ever Had”
      2. Chicago’s First Policy Queens
      3. Chicago’s Most Famous Policy Queen
      4. Dream Books, Fortune-Tellers, and Mediumship
      5. What Arrest Records Reveal
      6. Legal Strategies for Policy Women
      Conclusion

      Notes

      Select Bibliography

      Index

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