Format:
384 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
25 cm
ISBN:
9789462984974
,
9462984972
Content:
The Game of the Goose is one of the oldest printed board games, dating back 400 years. It has spawned thousands of derivatives: simple race games, played with dice, on themes that mirror much of human activity. Its legacy can be traced in games of education, advertising and polemic, as well as in those of amusement and gambling - and games on new themes are still being developed. This book, by the leading international collector of the genre, is devoted to showing why the Game of the Goose is special and why it can lay claim to being the most influential of any printed game in the cultural history of Europe. Detailed study of the games reveals their historical provenance and - reversing the process - gives unusual insights into the cultures which produced them. They therefore provide rich sources for the Cultural Historian
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789048535880
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Seville, Adrian The cultural legacy of the royal Game of the Goose Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2019 ISBN 9789048535880
Language:
English
Keywords:
Europa
;
Gänsespiel
;
Geschichte 1500-
DOI:
10.5117/9789462984974
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