01877nam a2200349 a 4500 ebr10285372 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 061101s2007 lau sb s001 0 eng 2006036557 9780807132548 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807132543 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)503441596 n-usu-- HV6721.S68 N45 2007eb 363.4/2 22 Nelson, Michael, 1949- How the South joined the gambling nation [electronic resource] : the politics of state policy innovation / Michael Nelson and John Lyman Mason ; with a foreword by Theodore J. Lowi. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007. xiv, 263 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-251) and index. Introduction: the South joins the gambling nation -- Mississippi: casinos come south -- Georgia: politics and hope -- South Carolina: "we just luuuvv South Carolinians playing our lottery" -- Alabama: the governor, the churches, and the "sin legislator" -- Tennessee: "let the people decide" -- Arkansas: politics gets wacky -- Louisiana: the place where "gaming" isn't "gambling" -- Conclusion: why the South joined the gambling nation. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Gambling Southern States. Gambling Government policy Southern States. Electronic books. local Mason, John Lyman. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10285372 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 1922 1922