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Title: The History of Card Games

Book Title: The History of Card Games

ISBN: 019282905X

EAN: 9780192829054

Binding: Paperback / softback

Date of Publication: 19911101

Release Title: The History of Card Games

Artist: Parlett, David

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Publication Year: 1991

Type: Textbook

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Publication Name: The History of Card Games

Item Height: 235mm

Author: David Parlett

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Item Width: 155mm

Subject: History

Item Weight: 285g

Number of Pages: 373 Pages

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This book is an historical guide to all card games played in Europe and the Western world, surveying the origins and evolution of all the games you have heard of - and many that you have not. David Parlett explains where the games come from, how they have developed, how their popularity has changed and by whom they were or are played, their rituals and etiquette, why cards are designed as they are, and how the games interrelate. Some unusual games are described for the first time, while strange new light is cast on even the best-known games, such as bridge, poker, cribbage, and knockout whist. The author explodes many of the myths that have grown up about card games: that they are synonymous with gambling; that they are rooted in fortune telling; that they were introduced to Europe by Marco Polo, or gypsies, or crusaders; that the earliest cards were Tarots; or that all card games have unalterable official rules. In fact, one of his main contentions is that most card games are folk games, with informality being a large part of their appeal, and that local variability is the hallmark of a truly living game.

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Oxford University Press

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9780192829054

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Author

David Parlett

Publication Name

The History of Card Games

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Subject

History

Publication Year

1991

Type

Textbook

Number of Pages

373 Pages

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Item Height

235mm

Item Width

155mm

Item Weight

285g

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David Parlett

Topic

Card Games

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United Kingdom

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