You bet your life : the burdens of gambling / / Neil D. Isaacs
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| Autore: |
Isaacs Neil David <1931->
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| Titolo: |
You bet your life : the burdens of gambling / / Neil D. Isaacs
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| 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.: | 9910814921903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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