Dice, cards, wheels : a different history of French culture / Thomas M. Kavanagh.

Gambling has been a practice central to many cultures throughout history. In Dice, Cards, Wheels, Thomas M. Kavanagh scrutinizes the changing face of the gambler in France over a period of eight centuries, using gambling and its representations in literature as a lens through which to observe French...

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Main Author: Kavanagh, Thomas M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2005.
Series:Critical authors & issues.
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