Gambling
Mapping the American Moral Landscape
Why has gambling become so accepted in the U.S. when other historical vices, like smoking and drinking, continue to evoke morality-based opposition? That simple but intriguing question guides this path-breaking volume, the first interdisciplinary academic study of gambling. Led by the renowned Alan Wolfe and with essays by experts at the country's premiere centers in public policy, clinical addiction, law, gaming, psychology, sociology, moral philosophy, theology, and the arts, Gambling: Mapping the American Moral Landscape is a tour de force of the booming cultural and moral phenomenon that has become woven into the fabric of American life.…
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Weitere Autoren: Owens, Erik C. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-60258-512-6
- EAN: 9781602585126
- Produktnummer: 34314555
- Verlag: Baylor University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 516 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 2'504 KB
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edited by Alan Wolfe and Erik C. Owens
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