The Cost of war: Australians return

History

Garton, Stephen

Australia & Oceania

Oxford University Press

"First Published in 2004, Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company."

Histories of Sexuality: Antiquity to Sexual Revolution

Reference

Routledge

"First Published in 2004, Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company."

Preserving the Past: The University of Sydney and the Unified National System of Higher Education, 1987–96

Horne, Julia

Melbourne University Publishing

Preserving the Past: The University of Sydney and the Unified National System of Higher Education, 1987–96 (Studies in the United National System of Higher Education)

The phrase “Harlem in the 1920s” evokes images of the Harlem Renaissance, or of Marcus Garvey and soapbox orators haranguing crowds about politics and race. Yet the most ubiquitous feature of Harlem life between the world wars was the game of “numbers.” Thousands of wagers, usually of a dime or less, would be placed on a daily number derived from U.S. bank statistics. The rewards of “hitting the number,” a 600-to-1 payoff, tempted the ordinary men and women of the Black Metropolis with the chimera of the good life. Playing the Numbers tells the story of this illegal form of gambling and the central role it played in the lives of African Americans who flooded into Harlem in the wake of World War I. 
 For a dozen years the “numbers game” was one of America’s rare black-owned businesses, turning over tens of millions of dollars every year. The most successful “bankers” were known as Black Kings and Queens, and they lived royally. Yet the very success of “bankers” like Stephanie St. Clair and Casper Holstein attracted Dutch Schultz, Lucky Luciano, and organized crime to the game. By the late 1930s, most of the profits were being siphoned out of Harlem. 
 Playing the Numbers reveals a unique dimension of African American culture that made not only Harlem but New York City itself the vibrant and energizing metropolis it was. An interactive website allows readers to locate actors and events on Harlem’s streets.

Playing the Numbers: Gambling in Harlem between the Wars

Humor & Entertainment

White, Shane

White, Graham

Robertson, Stephen

Puzzles & Games

Harvard University Press

The Cost of War: War, Return and the Re-Shaping of Australian Culture

Sydney University Press

This book presents the first assessment of one of the most rapidly expanding fields of research: the history of sexuality. From the early efforts of historians to work out a model for sexual history, to the extraordinary impact of French philosopher Michel Foucault, to the vigorous debates about essentialism and social constructionism, to the emergence of contemporary debates about historicism, queer theory, embodiment, gender and cultural history - we now have vast and diverse historical scholarship on sex and sexuality. 'Histories of Sexuality' highlights the key historical moments and issues: pederasty and cultures of male passivity in ancient Greece and Rome; the impact of early Christianity and ideals of renunciation on the sexual cultures of late antiquity; the sustained existence of homosexual cultures in medieval and renaissance Europe; the "invention" of homosexuality and heterosexuality in eighteenth century Europe and America; the truth behind Victorian sexual repression; the work of reformers and scientists such as Havelock Ellis, Marie Stopes, Stella Browne, Margaret Sanger, Alfred Kinsey, William Masters and Virginia Johnson.

Histories of Sexuality

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