Monopoly : The World's Most Famous Game - and How It Got That Way

by Orbanes, Philip E.

• ISBN13: 9780306814891
• ISBN10: 0306814897
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-23
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

Pop Culture/Games

Author Biography

Philip E. Orbanes has been the chief judge at Monopoly championships since 1979, and is the author of Game Makers and the best-selling book Monopoly Companion. He lives in Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction: Pitney's Plan	xv
1 Magie's Mother Earth: 1903-1910	1	(10)
2 Nearing's Neighborhood: 1910-1915	11	(8)
3 Parker and Progress: 1910-1915	19	(8)
4 Tugwell's Turn: 1916-1924	27	(10)
5 Stryker's Style: 1925-1932	37	(12)
6 Darrow's Depression: 1932-1934	49	(14)
7 Barton's Burden: 1935-1940	63	(20)
8 Watson's War: 1936-1945	83	(14)
9 GI Garners: 1945-1958	97	(8)
10 The General's Gamble: 1959-1972	105	(8)
11 Victor's Vision: 1972-1985	113	(14)
12 The Reagan Rolls: 1979-1991	127	(16)
13 Number Nine, Number Nine: 1992-2002	143	(10)
14 McNally's Method: 2003-2004	153	(16)
15 Williamson's World: 2005 and Beyond	169	(16)
16 Monopoly Money	185	(10)
Appendixes
I Darrow and Parker Brothers Monopoly Editions	195	(4)
II Monopoly Accessories and Parker Brand Extensions	199	(2)
III Games Similar to Monopoly	201	(2)
IV USAopoly Official Affinity Versions	203	(8)
V Foreign Editions Mentioned in the Text	211	(2)
VI George Parker's 1936 Monopoly Rules	213	(8)
VII The Landlord's Game: Excerpt from 1904 Patent	221	(6)
VIII Brer Fox an' Brer Rabbit Newbie Game: Excerpt from 1913 Patent	227	(4)
IX Patent Text Revised Landlord's Game, September 23,1924, #1,509,312	231	(8)
X Rules for Finance	239	(6)
Bibliography	245	(2)
Photo Credits	247	(2)
Index	249