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Author Spanos, Apostolos, author.

Title Games of history : games and gaming as historical sources / Apostolos Spanos
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 189 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge guides to using historical sources
Routledge guides to using historical sources.
Contents Conceptual approaches to games -- Material approaches to games -- Games of culture -- Games of society -- Games of politics -- Games of metaphysics -- The gladiatorial games as a historical source -- Chess as a historical source -- Sid Meier's Civilization as a historical source
Summary "Games of History provides an understanding of how games as artefacts, textual and visual sources on games and gaming as a pastime or a "serious" activity can be used as sources for the study of history. The book's focus is on board and card games, with reference to physical games, sports and digital games as well. Offering an alternative approach to the study of history through its focus on games and gaming as historical sources, this is the ideal volume for students considering different types of sources and how they can be used for historical study, as well as students who study games as primary or secondary sources in their history projects"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Apostolos Spanos is a professor of history at the University of Agder, Norway. His interests lie in games and gaming as historical sources, rethinking the phenomenon of innovation in historical terms, historical dimensions of time, and the use of concepts in historical studies
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed August 20, 2021)
Subject Games -- History
History -- Simulation games
Simulation games in education.
History -- Study and teaching.
HISTORY / Historiography
HISTORY / Study & Teaching
Games
History -- Study and teaching
Simulation games in education
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020057602
ISBN 9780429342479
0429342470
9781000397390
1000397394
9781000397437
1000397432