Playing the Numbers : : Gambling in Harlem Between the Wars
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Call Number: Black Studies 306.482 Pl
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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History -- Beginnings -- Dreams -- Turf wars -- Numbers' lore -- Of kings and queens -- The Dutchman cometh -- Of banks and bankers -- All over town -- Epilogue.
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PUBLISHED
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 299 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780674051072 (alk. paper)
0674051076 (alk. paper)
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
White, Shane.
SUBJECTS
Gambling -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Lotteries -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
City and town life -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- New York -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Informal sector (Economics) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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.