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UNINA9910741390903321 |
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Autore |
Flanagan Mary <1969-> |
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Titolo |
Playing oppression : the legacy of conquest and empire in colonialist board games / / Mary Flanagan and Mikael Jakobsson |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2023] |
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ISBN |
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0-262-37371-8 |
0-262-37372-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (248 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Imperialism - Social aspects |
Board games - Moral and ethical aspects |
Imperialism |
Board games |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Acknowledgments -- Colonial fantasies -- Establishing mindsets -- World as empire -- Trading excuses -- Winners & losers -- Explorers and exploiters -- Representations of the other -- Urgency and hope -- Glossary |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"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"-- |
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