Women who gamble : challenging the odds
The relationship of women to gambling is explored, placing it in its historical, legal and social context. An account of the gambler as a person is presented with reference to the various theories on why it is that people gamble at all and on occasions to their own destruction. An analysis of the ex...
Main Author: | Holmes-Darby, Kathy A. |
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Middlesex University
1994
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.568353 |
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