Private dreams and public expectations: Lotteries and dilemmas of progress and social welfare in early 20th-century Sweden

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-79

  Husz, Orsi ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumer culture; Gambling; History; Morality; Social insurance; State lottery

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247447063     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146954050200200103     Document Type: Article

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