Description
This new account of gambling in Britain in the long eighteenth century investigates who gambled, on what, and why.
About the Author
Bob Harris is Professor of British History at the University of Oxford, and Harry Pitt Fellow in History at Worcester College. He has written numerous books and articles on the history of Britain in the long eighteenth century, including Politics and the Nation: Britain in the Mid Eighteenth Century (2002) and The Scottish People and the French Revolution (2008). His book, The Scottish Town in the Age of Enlightenment, c.1740-1820 (2014), co-authored with Charles McKean, won the Saltire Society's Scottish Book of the Year in 2014.
Reviews
'Were Georgian Britons genuinely mad for gambling? Bob Harris's focus on sports wagering and lotteries allows readers to navigate an otherwise impossibly large topic, and yields important insights about attitudes toward chance across socioeconomic strata, in both metropolitan and provincial settings, throughout Great Britain.' John A. Eglin, University of Montana
Book Information
ISBN 9781316512449
Author Bob Harris
Format Hardback
Page Count 320
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 617g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 157mm * 23mm