Description: Laws of Chance by Amy Chazkel Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Chronicles the first decades of an informal lottery called the jogo do bicho, or animal game, which originated in Rio de Janeiro in 1892, and remains popular in Brazil today. Publisher Description The lottery called the jogo do bicho, or "animal game," originated as a raffle at a zoo in Rio de Janeiro in 1892. During the next decade, it became a cultural phenomenon all over Brazil, where it remains popular today. Laws of Chance chronicles the games early history, as booking agents, dealers, and players spread throughout Rio and the lottery was outlawed and driven underground. Analyzing the games popularity, its persistence despite bouts of state repression, and its sociocultural meanings, Amy Chazkel unearths a rich history of popular participation in urban public life in the decades after the abolition of slavery in 1888 and the establishment of the Brazilian republic in 1889. Contending that the jogo do bicho was a precursor to the massive informal economies that developed later in the twentieth century, she sheds new light on the roots of the informal trade that is central to daily life in urban Latin America. The jogo do bicho operated as a form of unlicensed petty commerce in the vast gray area between the legal and the illegal. Police records show that players and ticket sellers were often arrested but rarely prosecuted. Chazkel argues that the animal game developed in dialogue with the official judicial system. Ticket sellers, corrupt police, and lenient judges worked out a system of everyday justice that would characterize public life in Brazil throughout the twentieth century. Author Biography Amy Chazkel is Associate Professor of History, City University of New York, Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center. Details ISBN 0822349884 ISBN-13 9780822349884 Title Laws of Chance Author Amy Chazkel Format Paperback Year 2011 Pages 368 Publisher Duke University Press GE_Item_ID:169297842; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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Book Title: Laws of Chance : Brazil's Clandestine Lottery and the Making of Urban Public Life
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication Year: 2011
Item Height: 0.6 in
Topic: Gambling / Lotteries, Gambling / General (See Also Self-Help / Compulsive Behavior / Gambling), Customs & Traditions, Latin America / South America, Sociology / Urban
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, Games & Activities, History
Item Weight: 18.4 Oz
Author: Amy Chazkel
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Book Series: Radical Perspectives Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
