عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
HV6715 .L42 2003
HV6715
.
L42
2003
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0142003875
(Number (ISBN
0670031739
(Number (ISBN
9780142003879
(Number (ISBN
9780670031733
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b761963
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Something for nothing :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
luck in America /
First Statement of Responsibility
Jackson Lears.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Viking,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xi, 392 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-365) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Gambling for Grace -- The dance of divination -- The amusements of the alehouse -- Confidence games -- The waning of providence -- The incomplete taming of chance -- The uncertain triumph of management -- The persistent allure of accident.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Offers a thoroughly researched discussion of how luck, chance, and gambling have shaped and defined the national character of America, even while conventional wisdom has dictated that perseverance, industry, discipline, and other aspects of the Protestant work ethic are what make America great.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Something for nothing.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Fortune.
Gambling-- Social aspects-- United States.
Gambling-- United States-- Public opinion-- History.
Fortune.
Gambling-- Public opinion.
Gambling-- Social aspects.
Moral conditions.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States, Moral conditions, History.
United States.
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
363
.
42/09/73
Edition
21
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HV6715
Book number
.
L42
2003
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Lears, T. J. Jackson,1947-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201204213418.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
