Gambling, Space, and Time : Shifting Boundaries and Cultures.

ISBN:

9780874178678

Title:

Author:

Raento, Pauliina.

Personal Author:

Raento, Pauliina.

Edition:

1st ed.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 pages)

Series:

Gambling Studies Series

Contents:

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Boundaries, Space, and Time -- Chapter 1: Moving the Line: A Postfrontier Reinterpretation of American Gaming -- Chapter 2: Within Boundaries: Indian Gaming in North Dakota and Beyond -- Chapter 3: Gambling, Space, adn Boundaries in Finland -- Chapter 4: Waterfront Rise: Urban Casino Space and Boundary Construction in the Netherlands -- Part II: Culture, Space, and Time -- Chapter 5: Trotting Territory: The Cultural Realm of Swedish Horse Betting -- Chapter 6: The Cultural Impacts of Casino Gambling in the Deep South -- Chapter 7: The Risk in Using Gambling to Create "America's Playground" : Las Vegas, 1905-60 -- Chapter 8: The Power of Place: Experiencing Las Vegas Through Popular Writing and Fiction -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.

Local Note:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term:

Gambling -- Cross-cultural studies.

Added Author:

Schwartz, David G.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2011

Publication Information:

Chicago :

University of Nevada Press,

2011.

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Summary

The eight essays in Gambling, Space, and Time use a global and interdisciplinary approach to examine two significant areas of gambling studies that have not been widely explored--the ever-changing boundaries that divide and organize gambling spaces, and the cultures, perceptions, and emotions related to gambling. The contributors represent a variety of disciplines: history, geography, sociology, anthropology, political science, and law.

The essays consider such topics as the impact of technological advances on gambling activities, the role of the nation-state in the gambling industry, and the ways that cultural and moral values influence the availability of gambling and the behavior of gamblers. The case studies offer rich new insights into a gambling industry that is both a global phenomenon and a powerful engine of local change.

Author Notes

Pauliina Raento is research director at the Finnish Foundation for Gaming Research, professor of human geography at the University of Helsinki, and associate editor of Political Geography .

David G. Schwartz is director of the Center for Gaming Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is also the author of Cutting the Wire: Gambling Prohibition and the Internet (University of Nevada Press) and several other books about gambling and history.