Gambling

Gambling A Social and Moral Problem in France, 1685-1792 - Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century

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Preface
Introduction
1. The extent of the problem
2. Gambling and the law
3. The early moralists and the emergence of agreement, 1685-1714
4. Two disputes: Natural Law and theology
5. The later moralists, 1715-1792
6. Moralising through dramatic literature
7. Gambling in the novel
Conclusion
Select bibliography
Index

Book information

ISBN: 9780729403269
Publisher: Voltaire Foundation
Imprint: Voltaire Foundation
Pub date:
DEWEY: 306.482
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 243
Weight: 570g
Height: 230mm
Width: 150mm