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Fortune's Merry Wheel : The Lottery in America / John Samuel Ezell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ezell, John Samuel, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lotteries.
- Wirtschaft.
- Lotteries--United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Lotteries--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (339 p.)
- Edition:
- Reprint 2013
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- 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
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-674-33342-X
- OCLC:
- 1024023113
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