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.