Lotteries in Colonial America examines the role lotteries played in the economic life of the colonies, as an alternative form of raising revenue for public and private projects that was utilized from the founding of Jamestown to the financing of the American Revolution.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2011-05-18
Language: English
Number of Pages: 138
Edition: 1
Series: Studies in American Popular History and Culture
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