The Racing Game
This study of a unique social world probes beneath the thrill and spectacle of horse racing into the lives of the &quote;honest boys,&quote; the &quote;gyps,&quote; the &quote;manipulators,&quote; the &quote;stoops,&quote; and the &quote;Chalk eaters&quote;--the constituents of race track society and the players of the racing game. With scientific precision and journalistic vigor, Scott describes the everyday activities--the objectives and strategies--of those whose lives are organized around track proceedings and who compete with chance and one another.The players in the racing game range from track ow…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-351-30294-4
- EAN: 9781351302944
- Produktnummer: 23880627
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 199 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 462 KB
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