Fortune’s Merry Wheel : : The Lottery in America / / John Samuel Ezell.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1960 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Edition: | Reprint 2013 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (331 p.) :; 7 halftones, 8 tables |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- Illustrations -- Chapter I. The Background of the Lottery -- Chapter II. The Lottery Grosses to America -- Chapter III. Authorized Lotteries in Colonial America -- Chapter IV. War and Confederation Days -- Chapter V. A Period of Transmutation, 1790-1860 -- Chapter VI. The Lottery as an Aid to Government, 1790-1860 -- Chapter VII. Internal Improvements, 1790-1860 -- Chapter VIII. Churches and Schools, 1790-1860 -- Chapter IX. Private and Semi-Private Lotteries, 1790-1860 -- Chapter X. The Shift in Public Opinion, 1790-1830 -- Chapter XI. The Fight for Abolition, 1830-1860 -- Chapter XII. The Civil War and the Postwar Revival -- Chapter XIII. The Louisiana Lottery -- Chapter XIV. Conclusions and Present Trends -- Bibliographical. Essay. Notes. Index -- Bibliographical Essay -- Notes -- Index |
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Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674333420 9783110353488 9783110353556 9783110442212 |
DOI: | 10.4159/harvard.9780674333420 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | John Samuel Ezell. |