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Laws of chance : Brazil's clandestine lottery and the making of urban public life / Amy Chazkel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chazkel, Amy, 1967-
- Series:
- Radical perspectives.
- Radical perspectives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gambling--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--History--20th century.
- Gambling.
- Gambling and crime--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--History--20th century.
- Gambling and crime.
- Gambling--Law and legislation--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--History--20th century.
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (368 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Chronicles the first decades of an informal lottery called the jogo do bicho, or animal game, which originated in Rio de Janeiro in 1892, and remains popular in Brazil today.
- Contents:
- Origins of the Jogo do Bicho
- The rules of the game
- An underworld of goods
- Playing with money in republican Rio de Janeiro
- Lives of the players
- Vale o escrito.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613266002
- 9781283266000
- 1283266008
- 9780822394020
- 0822394022
- OCLC:
- 745059732
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