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Tag: book review

“Playing the Numbers” Reviewed in the Journal of American History

June 8, 2011 Stephen Robertson Leave a comment

Marcy Sacks, Associate Professor of History at Albion College, and author of Before Harlem: The Black Experience in New York…

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Posted in: Publications, Updates Filed under: book review, numbers, playing the numbers

New Review of Playing the Numbers

June 9, 2010 Stephen Robertson Leave a comment

Another review of our book, Playing the Numbers, has appeared, in the July/August issue of The Atlantic, available online –…

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Posted in: Publications, Updates Filed under: 1920s, 1930s, book review, gambling, Harlem, playing the numbers

The first review of “Playing the Numbers”

May 6, 2010 Stephen Robertson Leave a comment

The first review of our book, Playing the Numbers: Gambling in Harlem Between the Wars, has appeared, in the Wall…

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Posted in: Publications, Updates Filed under: book review, gambling, Harlem, numbers, playing the numbers

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