Monopoly: The World's Most Famous Game -- And How It Got That Way (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780306815744)

Over 200,000,000 copies of the Monopoly(r) game have been sold worldwide since Parker Brothers first popularized it in 1935, making it the world's most popular proprietary game. Countless special and national editions of the game are now published in over sixty countries. But while Monopoly has global appeal, it is distinctly American -- a symbol of America's system of economic "opportunity." In Monopoly: America's Game, Philip Orbanes, the leading expert on all things Monopoliana, tells the remarkable history of the game, from its predecessor's birth as a teaching tool for an economics class in the first decade of the twentieth century through its explosive growth in the postwar decades to it being a ubiquitous fixture in just about every American home today. Orbanes includes fascinating Monopoly personality portraits, little-known Monopoly legends and lore, and the extraordinary variety of advertising used throughout the twentieth century. This is the first and only book to cover comprehensively the origin, growth, and global impact of the game that has become a cultural icon. This book is not endorsed by Hasbro Games.

Author: Philip E. Orbanes
ISBN-10: 0306815745
ISBN-13: 9780306815744
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2007
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 01/27/2008 pg. 20