Gambling [ Games & Sports ]
… etiquette and the mastery of sociable pastimes were integral to the conduct manuals of the time, as part of gentlemanly culture. The one who could not play was considered as not well educated and unfit for the polite circles he aspired to … England (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013), chapter 1. 17 . Gerda Reith, The Age of Chance: Gambling in Western Culture (London: Routledge, 1999), p. 65. Yet, some great gambling figures experienced unequal social success, …
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