The Games We played
Subtitle: The Golden Age of Board and Table Games
Contributors: Kenneth T. Jackson (Foreword)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: June 20, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9781568983974
Subjects: Board games; Social history; c 1800 to c 1900; Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords; Architecture; USA; Board; Architecture / General; Games / Board; games; play; General; History
First sentence: For middle- and upper-class Americans in the second half of the nineteenth century, the parlor was the anchor of family life.
Description: "A veritable encyclopedia of late 19th and early 20th century games, this playful visual survey provides a revealing look at the social values and preoccupatons of the cuture that produced them."--Cover.