Fortune’s Merry Wheel : : The Lottery in America / / John Samuel Ezell.
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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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Table of Contents:
- 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