Gambling : Mapping the American Moral Landscape

Name: Gambling
Brand: Baylor University Press
SKU: 9781602581951
Price: 6300 KES
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ISBN: 9781602581951

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 1602581959

ISBN-13 9781602581951

Publisher Baylor University Press

Imprint Baylor University Press

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jul 6th, 2009

Print length 516 Pages

Weight 710 grams

Dimensions 22.90 x 15.30 x 2.70 cms

Product Classification: Ethics & moral philosophy Christian social thought & activity Ethics and moral philosophy Christianity Gambling: theories & methods Gambling: theories and methods

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Why has gambling become so accepted in the US when other historical vices, like smoking and drinking, continue to evoke morality-based opposition? That simple but intriguing question guides this groundbreaking volume, the first interdisciplinary academic study of gambling.

Why has gambling become so accepted in the U.S. when other historical vices, like smoking and drinking, continue to evoke morality-based opposition? That simple but intriguing question guides this path-breaking volume, the first interdisciplinary academic study of gambling. Led by the renowned Alan Wolfe and with essays by experts at the country's premiere centers in public policy, clinical addiction, law, gaming, psychology, sociology, moral philosophy, theology, and the arts, Gambling: Mapping the American Moral Landscape is a tour de force of the booming cultural and moral phenomenon that has become woven into the fabric of American life. Both an attempt to understand and an effort to predict its future consequences, the book will prove evocative and critical reading for American civic and church leaders, activists, historians and government officials.

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