A cultural history of chess-players : Minds, machines, and monsters /

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This inquiry concerns the cultural history of the chess-player. It takes as its premise the idea that the chess-player has become a fragmented collection of images, underpinned by challenges to, and confirmations of, chess's status as an intellectually-superior and socially-useful game, particu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sharples, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Chess > Social aspects.
Chess players.
GAMES > Chess.
GAMES > Board.
Sociology: Sport & Leisure.
Social & Cultural History.
Joueurs d'echecs > Aspect social > Histoire.
Chess players > Social aspects > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This inquiry concerns the cultural history of the chess-player. It takes as its premise the idea that the chess-player has become a fragmented collection of images, underpinned by challenges to, and confirmations of, chess's status as an intellectually-superior and socially-useful game, particularly since the medieval period.
Physical Description:1 online resource (232 pages).
ISBN:9781526120540

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