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At Odds

Gambling and Canadians, 1919-1969

By: Suzanne Morton

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Paperback | 15 December 2003

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Using a rich variety of historical sources, Suzanne Morton traces the history of gambling regulation in five Canadian provinces - Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and B.C. - from the First World War to the federal legalization in 1969. This regulatory legislation, designed to control gambling, ended a long period of paradox and pretence during which gambling was common, but still illegal.

Morton skilfully shows the relationship between gambling and the wider social mores of the time, as evinced by labour, governance, and the regulation of 'vice.' Her focus on the ways in which race, class, and gender structured the meaning of gambling underpins and illuminates the historical data she presents. She shows, for example, as "Old Canada" (the Protestant, Anglo-Celtic establishment) declined in influence, gambling took on a less deviant connotation - a process that continued as charity became secularized and gambling became a lucrative fundraising activity eventually linked to the welfare state.

At Odds is the first Canadian historical examination of gambling, a complex topic which is still met by moral ambivalence, legal proscription, and volatile opinion. This highly original study will be of interest to the undergraduate history or social science student, but will also hold the attention of a more general reader.

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Preface
Introduction	p. 3
Critics and Gamblers
The Critics' Views, 1919-1969: The Economic, Moral, and Social Costs of Gambling	p. 23
For Richer, for Poorer: Gambling, 1919-1945	p. 40
Masculine, Feminine, Other
Gambling, Respectable Masculinity, and Male Sporting Culture	p. 69
Bingo, Women, and the Critics	p. 89
Gambling 'Others': Race, Ethnicity, and Religion	p. 108
Reaction and Reform, 1945-1969
Professional Gambling and Organized Crime under Scrutiny	p. 137
Redefining the Public Interest: Gambling, Charity, and the Welfare State	p. 169
Conclusion	p. 197
Notes	p. 203
References	p. 247
Illustration Credits	p. 261
Index	p. 263
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