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Casino gambling is central to understanding the cultural, social, and intellectual history of nineteenth-century Europe. Tracing the development of casino gambling across this period, this book connects that story to ideas about chance, luck, emotions, and psychology, and reveals how Europeans used gambling to understand their changing world.

Luck Leisure and the Casino in NineteenthCentury

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 4/10/2025
      ISBN13: 9781009393577, 978-1009393577
      ISBN10: 100939357X
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      Book Synopsis
      Casino gambling is central to understanding the cultural, social, and intellectual history of nineteenth-century Europe. Tracing the development of casino gambling across this period, this book connects that story to ideas about chance, luck, emotions, and psychology, and reveals how Europeans used gambling to understand their changing world.

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