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Author:
Fine, Gary Alan, author.
Title:
Players and pawns : how chess builds community and culture / Gary Alan Fine.
Publisher:
The University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xiii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Chess--Psychological aspects.
Chess--Social aspects.
Chess--Tournaments.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Prologue: a tournament revealed -- Introduction: first moves -- The mind, the body, and the soul of chess -- Doing chess -- Temporal tapestries -- Shared pasts and sticky culture -- The worlds of chess -- Status games and soft community -- Chess in the world -- Conclusion: piece work.
ISBN:
022626498X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780226264981 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)889426449
LCCN:
2014033248
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

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