Games of History
Games of History
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. This is the ideal volume for students considering different types of sources and how they can be used for historical study.
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Games of History by Apostolos Spanos
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. From the vast world of games, the book’s focus is on board and card games, with reference to physical games, sports and digital games as well. Considering culture, society, politics and metaphysics, the author uses examples from various places around the world and from ancient times to the present to demonstrate how games and gaming can offer the historian an alternative, often very valuable and sometimes unique path to the past. The book offers a thorough discussion of conceptual and material approaches to games as sources, while also providing the reader with a theoretical starting point for further study within specific thematic chapters. The book concludes with three case studies of different types of games and how they can be considered as historical sources: the gladiatorial games, chess and the digital game Civilization. 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.'Games of History is a fascinating, thoughtful and sweeping tour of the cultural function of games throughout historyTaking a broad historical and global sweep of games and gaming, Spanos thinks through the ludic value and the important societal contributions made by games and games concepts throughout society.'
Andrew Elliott, University of Lincoln, UK
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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780367358914 |
| ISBN 10 | 0367358913 |
| Title | Games of History |
| Author | Apostolos Spanos |
| Series | Routledge Guides To Using Historical Sources |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2021-06-14 |
| Number of pages | 190 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |