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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/74843226 Title: Monopoly : the world's most famous game-- and how it got that way Author: Philip Orbanes Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Press, 2006. ISBN/ISSN: 0306814897 9780306814891 OCLC:74843226

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Monopoly : the world's most famous game-- and how it got that way

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Monopoly : the world's most famous game-- and how it got that way

Author:	Philip Orbanes
Publisher:	Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Press, 2006.
Edition/Format:	Book : English : 1st Da Capo Press edView all editions and formats
Summary:	Philip Orbanes, expert on all things Monopoliana, tells the remarkable history of the Monopoly game, from its predecessor's birth as a teaching tool for an economics class in the first decade of the twentieth century, through its introduction in 1935 and explosive growth in the postwar decades--over 200 million copies sold in sixty countries--to it being a fixture in just about every American home today. Orbanes Read more...
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Philip Orbanes Find more information about:
ISBN:	0306814897 9780306814891
OCLC Number:	74843226
Description:	xviii, 262 p. [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:	Magie's Mother Earth: 1903-1910 -- Nearing's neighborhood: 1910-1915 -- Parker and progress: 1910-1915 -- Tugwell's turn: 1916-1924 -- Stryker's style: 1925-1932 -- Darrow's depression: 1932-1934 -- Barton's burden: 1935-1940 -- Watson's war: 1936-1945 -- GI Gamers: 1945-1958 -- The general's gamble: 1959-1972 -- Victor's vision: 1972-1985 -- The Reagan rolls: 1979-1991 -- Number nine, number nine: 1992-2002 -- McNally's method: 2003-2004 -- Williamson's world: 2005 and beyond -- Monopoly money.
Responsibility:	Philip E. Orbanes.

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Philip Orbanes, expert on all things Monopoliana, tells the remarkable history of the Monopoly game, from its predecessor's birth as a teaching tool for an economics class in the first decade of the twentieth century, through its introduction in 1935 and explosive growth in the postwar decades--over 200 million copies sold in sixty countries--to it being a fixture in just about every American home today. Orbanes includes personality portraits, little-known legends and lore, and the extraordinary variety of advertising used throughout the twentieth century. This is the first and only book to cover comprehensively the origin, growth, and global impact of the game that has become a cultural icon. This book is not endorsed by Hasbro Games.--From publisher description.

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