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Overview"Using a rich variety of historical sources, Suzanne Morton traces the history of gambling regulation in five Canadian provinces Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and B.C. from the First World War to the federal legalization in 1969. This regulatory legislation, designed to control gambling, ended a long period of paradox and pretence during which gambling was common, but still illegal. Morton skilfully shows the relationship between gambling and the wider social mores of the time, as evinced by labour, governance, and the regulation of 'vice.' Her focus on the ways in which race, class, and gender structured the meaning of gambling underpins and illuminates the historical data she presents. She shows, for example, as ""Old Canada"" (the Protestant, Anglo-Celtic establishment) declined in influence, gambling took on a less deviant connotation a process that continued as charity became secularized and gambling became a lucrative fundraising activity eventually linked to the welfare state. At Odds is the first Canadian historical examination of gambling, a complex topic which is still met by moral ambivalence, legal proscription, and volatile opinion. This highly original study will be of interest to the undergraduate history or social science student, but will also hold the attention of a more general reader." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Suzanne MortonPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.588kg ISBN: 9780802035646ISBN 10: 0802035647 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 11 January 2003 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews'... solidly researched, well-written and effectively argued...provides the meat necessary to satisfy scholarly readers as well as the trimmings to entice general readers.' --Carolyn Strange, Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto '... solidly researched, well-written and effectively argued...provides the meat necessary to satisfy scholarly readers as well as the trimmings to entice general readers.'--Carolyn Strange, Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto Author InformationSuzanne Morton is a professor in the Department of History and Classical Studies at McGill University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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