Playing Games in Nineteenth-Century Britain and America

Playing Games in Nineteenth-Century Britain and AmericaIlluminates the ways gamesfrom baseball cards to board games, charades to boxing, and croquet to strategies of warwere integral to nineteenth century life and culture in the United States and Britain. A vital part of daily life in the nineteenth century, games and play were so familiar and so ubiquitous that their presence over time became almost invisible. Technological advances during the century allowed for easier manufacturing and distribution of

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