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Laws of chance : Brazil's clandestine lottery and the making of urban public life /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chazkel, Amy, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2011.
Series:Radical perspectives.
Subjects:
Gambling > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > History > 20th century.
Gambling and crime > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > History > 20th century.
Gambling > Law and legislation > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > History > 20th century.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Origins of the Jogo do Bicho
  • The rules of the game
  • An underworld of goods
  • Playing with money in republican Rio de Janeiro
  • Lives of the players
  • Vale o escrito.