Monopoly
Subtitle: The World's Most Famous Game-And How it Got that Way
Edition: 1st Da Capo Press Ed edition
Publisher: Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780306814891
Subjects: Board games; Popular culture; Social History; Indoor Games; History; Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords; Sociology; Board; Popular Culture - General; Pop Arts / Pop Culture
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Pitney's plan; title: Magie's Mother Earth : 1903-1910; title: Nearing's neighborhood : 1910-1915; title: Parker and progress : 1910-1915; title: Tugwell's turn : 1916-1924; title: Stryker's style: 1925-1932; title: Darrow's depression : 1932-1934; title: Barton's burden : 1935-1940; title: Watson's war : 1936-1945; title: GI Gamers : 1945-1958; title: The general's gamble: 1959-1972; title: Victor's vision : 1972-1985; title: The Reagan rolls : 1979-1991; title: Number nine, number nine : 1992-2002; title: McNally's method : 2003-2004; title: Williamson's world : 2005 and beyond; title: Monopoly money; title: Appendixes.; title: Darrow and Parker Brothers Monopoly editions; title: Monopoly accessories and Parker brand extensions; title: Games similar to Monopoly; title: USAopoly official affinity versions; title: Foreign editions mentioned in the text; title: George Parker's 1936 Monopoly rules; title: The Landlord's Game : excerpt from 1904 patent; title: Brer Fox an' Brer Rabbit Newbie Game : excerpt from 1913 patent; title: Patent text revised Landlord's Game, September 23, 1924, #1,509,312; title: Rules for Finance