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The World's Most Famous Game--And How It Got That Way
Da Capo Press
October 2007
On Sale: October 8, 2007
312 pages
ISBN: 0306815745
EAN: 9780306815744
Paperback
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Non-Fiction
Philip Orbanes, master of all things Monopoliana, traces the
remarkable story of the world’s most famous board game, from
its origins as a collegiate teaching tool in the early
twentieth century through Monopoly’s explosive growth in the
postwar decades, to the game’s current status as a fixture
in homes across the globe. Along the way, Orbanes includes
memorable Monopoly personality portraits, surprising
Monopoly legends and lore, and an extraordinary tour of the
ingenious advertising that contributed to the game’s rise in
popularity. This is the first and only book to cover comprehensively the
origin, growth, and global reach of the game that has become
a universal and everyday cultural icon.
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