The Monopoly Nobody Doesn't Like.
Focuses on the origins of the board game `Monopoly.' Brainchild of Charles Darrow; Number of sets sold since 1935; Henry George's crusade against real monopolies in the nineteenth century; Didactic nature of board games; United States' obsession with the idea that monopoly is evil.
| Published in: | American Heritage Vol. 51; no. 5; pp. 15 - 17 |
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AHMC Inc.
Sep2000
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| Summary: | Focuses on the origins of the board game `Monopoly.' Brainchild of Charles Darrow; Number of sets sold since 1935; Henry George's crusade against real monopolies in the nineteenth century; Didactic nature of board games; United States' obsession with the idea that monopoly is evil. |
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