At Odds

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At Odds by"Suzanne Morton"

Using a rich variety of historical sources, Suzanne Morton traces the history of gambling regulation in five Canadian provinces - Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and B.C. - from the First World War to the federal legalization in 1969. This regulatory legislation, designed to control gambling, ended a long period of paradox and pretence during which gambling was common, but still illegal. Morton skilfully shows the relationship between gambling and the wider social mores of the time, as evinced by labour, governance, and the regulation of 'vice.' Her focus on the ways in which race, class, and gender structured the meaning of gambling underpins and illuminates the historical data she presents. She shows, for example, as \

At Odds
By:"Suzanne Morton"
Published on 2015-02-01 by University of Toronto Press

BOOKS ID : gRGNBgAAQBAJ

Ebook Title : At Odds

ETAG : spDZnXeVG5s

ISBN_13 Code : 9781442658950

ISBN_10 Code : 1442658959

Book Print Type : BOOK

Rank : 37 for keyword gambling questions and answers

Book Author :"Suzanne Morton"

Publisher : University of Toronto Press

Book Pages Count : 296

Print Type : BOOK

Book's Categories :"History"

Books Language : en

Text to Speech Access : ALLOWED

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