Games of history : : games and gaming as historical sources / / Apostolos Spanos.

"Games of History provides an understanding of how games as artefacts, textual and visual sources on games and gaming as a pastime or a "serious" activity can be used as sources for the study of history. The book's focus is on board and card games, with reference to physical game...

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Place / Publishing House:Abingdon, Oxon : : Routledge,, 2021.
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 189 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Conceptual approaches to games
  • Material approaches to games
  • Games of culture
  • Games of society
  • Games of politics
  • Games of metaphysics
  • The gladiatorial games as a historical source
  • Chess as a historical source
  • Sid Meier's Civilization as a historical source.