Author: Florida State Racing CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dog racing
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Annual Report of the Florida State Racing Commission
Author: Florida State Racing CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dog racing
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Annual Report of the Florida State Racing Commission
Author: Florida State Racing CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dog racing
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Annual Report of the Louisiana State Racing Commission to the Governor of Louisiana
Author: Louisiana State Racing CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Horse racing
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Journal of the Senate, Legislature of the State of California
Author: California. Legislature. SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
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Reports
Author: California. Legislature. Senate. Interim Committee on State and Local TaxationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
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Monthly Checklist of State Publications
Author: Library of Congress. Exchange and Gift DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : State government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 922
Book Description
June and Dec. issues contain listings of periodicals.
Going to the Dogs
Author: Gwyneth Anne ThayerPublisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700619135
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
In the 1970s sitcom The Odd Couple, Felix and Oscar argue over a racing greyhound that Oscar won in a bet. Animal lover Felix wants to keep the dog as a pet; gambling enthusiast Oscar wants to race it. This dilemma fairly reflects America's attitude toward greyhound racing. This book, the first cultural history of greyhound racing in America, charts the sport's meteoric rise-and equally meteoric decline-against the backdrop of changes in American culture during the last century. Gwyneth Anne Thayer takes us from its origins in "coursing" in England, through its postwar heyday, and up to its current state of near-extinction. Her entertaining account offers fresh insight into the development of American sport and leisure, the rise of animal advocacy, and the unique place that dogs hold in American life. Thayer describes greyhound racing's dynamic growth in the 1920s in places like Saint Louis, Chicago, and New Orleans, then explores its phenomenal popularity in Florida, where promoters exploited its remote association with the upper class and helped foster a celebrity culture around it. By the end of the century media reports of alleged animal cruelty had surfaced as well as competition from other gaming pursuits such as state lotteries and Indian casinos. Greyhound racing became so suspect that even Homer Simpson derided it. In exploring the socioeconomic, political, and ideological factors that fueled the rise and fall of dog racing in America, Thayer has consulted participants and critics alike in order to present both sides of a contentious debate. She examines not only the impact of animal protectionists, but also suspected underworld ties, longstanding tensions between dogmen and track owners over racing contracts, and the evolving relationship between consumerism and dogs. She captures the sport's glory days in dozens of photographs that recall its coursing past or show celebrities like Frank Sinatra and Babe Ruth with winning racing hounds. Thayer also records the growth of the adoption movement that rescues ex-racers from possible euthanasia. Today there are fewer than half as many greyhound tracks, in half as many states, as there were 10 years ago-and half of them are in Florida. Thayer's in-depth, meticulously balanced account is an intriguing look at this singular activity and will teach readers as much about American cultural behavior as about racing greyhounds.
Reports of the Tax Court of the United States
Author: United States. Tax CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 1200
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Gambling in America
Author: United States. Commission on the Review of the National Policy Toward GamblingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gambling
Languages : en
Pages : 1430
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Subject Catalog
Author: University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Governmental StudiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 926
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