ISBN:
9780262047913
Language:
English
Pages:
pages cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Flanagan, Mary, 1969 - Playing oppression
DDC:
794
Keywords:
Imperialism in board games
;
Board games Moral and ethical aspects
;
Colonialism & imperialism
;
GAMES / Board
;
Kolonialismus und Imperialismus
;
POL045000
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Abstract:
"A critical investigation of a massive commercial phenomenon, the so-called "Euro" or "German"-style tabletop board games whose basic goal is explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Colonial fantasies -- Establishing mindsets -- World as empire -- Trading excuses -- Winners & losers -- Explorers and exploiters -- Representations of the other -- Urgency and hope -- Glossary
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
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