Slantwise moves : games, literature, and social invention in nineteenth-century America /

In 1860, Milton Bradley invented The Checkered Game of Life. Having journeyed from Springfield, Massachusetts, to New York City to determine interest in this combination of bright red ink, brass dials, and character-driven decision-making, Bradley exhausted his entire supply of merchandise just two...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Guerra, Douglas (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Series:Material texts.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Games > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Books and reading > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Popular culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Livres et lecture > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Books and reading > Social aspects
Games > Social aspects
Manners and customs
Popular culture
United States > Social life and customs > 19th century.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Both in and out of the game: reform games and avatar selves
  • A fresh and liberal construction: state machines, transformation games, and algorithms of the interior
  • The power to promote: configuration culture in the age of Barnum
  • Social cues and outside pockets: billiards, Blithedale, and targeted potential
  • The net work of not work.

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