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Autore: | Isaacs Neil David <1931-> |
Titolo: | You bet your life : the burdens of gambling / / Neil D. Isaacs |
Pubblicazione: | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2001 |
©2001 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina: | 616.85/841 |
Soggetto topico: | Compulsive gambling |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Seven other myths about gambling -- Gambling and the irrational -- The high-profile profile -- The compulsion to lose -- Gambling and anxiety -- Gambling and depression -- Gambling and psychosis -- Filling the void -- Gambling and the brothers barthelme -- Gambling and the personality disorders -- Gambling and addiction. |
Sommario/riassunto: | We are a nation of gamblers: pari-mutuel wagering at horse tracks; blackjack in Las Vegas; the NCAA basketball office pool; even day trading on the internet. Gambling is both our national pastime and our predominant cultural metaphor -- play the field; beat the odds; take a chance on love. Yet gambling poses serious risks to individuals and to society as a whole.Neil Isaacs -- sports historian, licensed clinical social worker, English professor, and a gambler himself for more than fifty years -- seeks to shatter the myths interfering with our understanding of gambling addiction, its causes, an |
Titolo autorizzato: | You bet your life |
ISBN: | 0-8131-5777-3 |
0-8131-7098-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910777551903321 |
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