Playing the numbers : gambling in Harlem between the wars

Playing the numbers : gambling in Harlem between the wars / Shane White [and others].

The phrase "Harlem in the 1920s" evokes images of the Harlem Renaissance, or of Marcus Garvey and soapbox orators haranguing crowds about politics and race. Yet the most ubiquitous feature of Harlem life between the world wars was the game of "numbers." Thousands of wagers, usual...

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Main Authors: White, Shane (Author), Garton, Stephen (Author), Robertson, Stephen (Stephen Murray) (Author), White, Graham (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Gambling > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Lotteries > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
City and town life > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions > 20th century.
Informal sector (Economics) > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
African Americans > Social conditions
City and town life
Economic history
Gambling
Informal sector (Economics)
Lotteries
Social conditions
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
New York (State) > New York
New York (State) > New York > Harlem
History
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