James F. Cosgrave is Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at Trent University in Peterborough, Canada.

• Acknowledgments, Editor’s Introduction: Gambling, Risk, and Late Capitalism, Section 1 Sociological Approaches to Risk and Gambling, Section 2 Gambling Histories/(Sub)cultures, Section 3 Adventure, Action, and Play: Gambling as Social Action, Section 4 The State, Regulation, and Politics, Suggestions for Further Reading, Permissions, Index

James F. Cosgrave is Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at Trent University in Peterborough, Canada.

• Acknowledgments, Editor’s Introduction: Gambling, Risk, and Late Capitalism, Section 1 Sociological Approaches to Risk and Gambling, Section 2 Gambling Histories/(Sub)cultures, Section 3 Adventure, Action, and Play: Gambling as Social Action, Section 4 The State, Regulation, and Politics, Suggestions for Further Reading, Permissions, Index

James F. Cosgrave is Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at Trent University in Peterborough, Canada.

• Acknowledgments, Editor’s Introduction: Gambling, Risk, and Late Capitalism, Section 1 Sociological Approaches to Risk and Gambling, Section 2 Gambling Histories/(Sub)cultures, Section 3 Adventure, Action, and Play: Gambling as Social Action, Section 4 The State, Regulation, and Politics, Suggestions for Further Reading, Permissions, Index