Laws of chance
Subtitle: Brazil's clandestine lottery and the making of urban public life
By: Amy Chazkel
Series: Radical perspectives; Radical perspectives
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Durham, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780822349730; 9780822349884
Subjects: Social life and customs; Gambling and crime; Law and legislation; History; Gambling
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-337) and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins of the Jogo do Bicho; title: The rules of the game; title: An underworld of goods; title: Playing with money in republican Rio de Janeiro; title: Lives of the players; title: Vale o escrito.