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Pastimes and Paradigms: Games We Play
URL: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/games/

Description:
This exhibition of "the evolution of games since 1800 ... includes a wide variety of antique and contemporary games, as well as rare books on rules, strategies, and recreation. Featured items include early nineteenth-century geographical board games; a Civil War game; suffrage games that garnered support in the battle for women's votes; a vintage Monopoly game; gambling punchboards; and a selection of games inspired by television programming." From Cornell University Library.

Publisher:
Division of Rare & Manuscript Collections, Carl A. Kroch Library, Cornell University

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Games
Games -- History

LII Database Information:
Record 12954 created by Dennis Maness on 03/04/2004
Last modification on 03/11/2004
Published: 03/04/2004  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/12954