Offers a thoroughly researched discussion of how luck, chance, and gambling have shaped and defined the national character of America, even while conventional wisdom has dictated that perseverance, industry, discipline, and other aspects of the Protestant work ethic are what make America great.
- ISBN10 0786539763
- ISBN13 9780786539765
- Publish Date December 2003 (first published 27 January 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Penguin Putnam Inc
- Format eBook
- Language English