Book contents
- Luck, Leisure, and the Casino in Nineteenth-Century Europe
- New Studies in European History
- Luck, Leisure, and the Casino in Nineteenth-Century Europe
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Gambling in the Nineteenth Century
- Chapter 2 Visiting the Resort
- Chapter 3 Experiencing the Casino
- Chapter 4 Probability and the Casino
- Chapter 5 Chance and Luck
- Chapter 6 Gambling and the Body
- Chapter 7 Gambling and the History of Emotions
- Chapter 8 The Psychology of Gambling
- Chapter 9 What Gambling Was
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 August 2023
- Luck, Leisure, and the Casino in Nineteenth-Century Europe
- New Studies in European History
- Luck, Leisure, and the Casino in Nineteenth-Century Europe
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Gambling in the Nineteenth Century
- Chapter 2 Visiting the Resort
- Chapter 3 Experiencing the Casino
- Chapter 4 Probability and the Casino
- Chapter 5 Chance and Luck
- Chapter 6 Gambling and the Body
- Chapter 7 Gambling and the History of Emotions
- Chapter 8 The Psychology of Gambling
- Chapter 9 What Gambling Was
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The introduction sets out the intent of the book, an overview of the major works in the field, and a view of the arguments appearing in each chapter. Gambling is central to the cultural, social, and intellectual history of the nineteenth century. Studying casino gambling provides a way to see how nineteenth-century Europeans understood their changing world, even as it also reflected those changes itself. In this way gambling was used in an explanatory capacity, one that let contemporaries probe the inner workings of the machine and the creation of knowledge. If we want to understand the intricate dance of society, culture, politics, and ideas, then gambling is a useful tool to pry open these different stories, allowing us to see better large historical transformations.
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- Luck, Leisure, and the Casino in Nineteenth-Century EuropeA Cultural History of Gambling, pp. 1 - 9Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023