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Title:
The Dostoevsky effect : problem gambling and the origins of addiction / Lorne Tepperman ... [et al.].
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
vi, 361 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor,--1821-1881--Psychology.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor,--1821-1881.--Igrok.--English.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor,--1821-1881--Influence.
Compulsive gambling.
Compulsive gambling--Social aspects.
Compulsive gamblers--Psychology.
Compulsive gamblers--Interviews.
Compulsive gamblers--Biography.
Gambling in literature.
Psychology in literature.
Other Authors:
Tepperman, Lorne.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-349) and index.
Summary:
A team of University of Toronto sociologists examined Fyodor Dostoyevsky's life to determine the origins of his gambling addiction and draw interesting parallels with the experience of modern day gamblers that they interviewed and took bibliographical accounts from in their study of Toronto area residents.
ISBN:
0195449126
9780195449129
OCLC:
(OCoLC)828055641
LCCN:
2012554507
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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