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Better betting with a decent feller : bookmaking, betting and the British working class, 1750-1990

Chinn, Carl1991
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This is a social history of betting from the 18th century to the present day. It examines the growth of the pursuit as a semi-criminal phenomenon before bookmaking and its gradual evolution into a popular and more or less respectable form of recreation and speculation.
Main title:
Better betting with a decent feller : bookmaking, betting and the British working class, 1750-1990 / Carl Chinn.
Author:
Chinn, Carl
Imprint:
New York ; London : Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1991.
Collation:
xiv,306p. ; 24cm.
Notes:
Bibliography: p282-295. - Includes index.
ISBN:
9780710812889
Dewey class:
306.4820941306.482
Language:
English
Subject:
Gambling -- Great Britain -- HistoryBookmakers (Gambling) -- Great Britain -- HistoryBook-making (Betting) -- Great Britain -- HistoryWorking class -- Great Britain -- History
BRN:
304491
Bookmark link:
https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=304491

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