Playing games in nineteenth-century Britain and America /

"This book illuminates the ways that games--from baseball cards to board games, poker to boxing, and croquet to strategies of war -- were integral to nineteenth-century life and culture in the US and UK"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hawkins, Ann R. (Editor ), Bistline, Erin N. (Editor ), Blackwell, Catherine S. (Editor ), Ives, Maura C., 1960- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2021]
Colección:SUNY series, studies in the long nineteenth century.
Temas:
1800-1899
Games > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Games > United States > History > 19th century.
Amusements > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Amusements > United States > History > 19th century.
Jeux > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Amusements
Games
Manners and customs
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 19th century.
United States > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Great Britain
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"This book illuminates the ways that games--from baseball cards to board games, poker to boxing, and croquet to strategies of war -- were integral to nineteenth-century life and culture in the US and UK"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 383 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781438485560
1438485565

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