Gambling : Mapping the American Moral Landscape
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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
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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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