Contributions

  • Kenneth T. Jackson (Foreword) - Contributor

Publication

2003-06-20 - Princeton Architectural Press

Language

English

Word Count

36,750 words, Guess

Page Count

147 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2002154489
  • LibraryThing1498063
  • Goodreads206923

Classifications

  • LCCGV1317.H64 2003

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.

First Sentence

For middle- and upper-class Americans in the second half of the nineteenth century, the parlor was the anchor of family life.

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