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The games we played : the golden age of board & table games / Margaret K. Hofer ; with a foreword by Kenneth T. Jackson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hofer, Margaret K., 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Board games--History.
- Board games.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 159 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2003]
- Contents:
- Introduction, rules of the game
- Parlor amusements
- "The world's educator"
- Morals to materialism
- War games
- Parlor athletics
- The urban experience
- 'Round the world.
- Notes:
- "From the New-York Historical Society's Liman Collection."
- "Inspired by ... an exhibition held at the New-York Historical Society from April 2, 2002, to April 13, 2003"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 158).
- ISBN:
- 1568983972
- OCLC:
- 51088101
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