Research Catalog
A world of chess : its development and variations through centuries and civilizations
- Title
- A world of chess : its development and variations through centuries and civilizations / Jean-Louis Cazaux and Rick Knowlton.
- Author
- Cazaux, Jean-Louis
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 17-1975 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Knowlton, Rick
- Description
- viii, 398 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm
- Summary
- " An immense and deeply researched accounting of not only the history of the Persian and Arab game familiar to most Westerners for the past 500 years but also (a) the similar offshoots going back 1500 years, (b) the evolution of strategic board games over the past 1500 years, and (c) the many more recent chess variants"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-389) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part I. Chess of the Arabian Nights -- Part II. Chess in the Land of Monsoons -- Part III. Gunpowder on the Chinese Board -- Part IV. Generals and Mercenaries of the Rising Sun -- Part V. Evolution and Revolution in Europe -- Part VI. Chess Out of the Box -- Part VII. The Origins of Chess.
- Call Number
- JFF 17-1975
- ISBN
- 9780786494279
- 0786494271
- LCCN
- 2017020887
- OCLC
- 962125069
- Author
- Cazaux, Jean-Louis, author.
- Title
- A world of chess : its development and variations through centuries and civilizations / Jean-Louis Cazaux and Rick Knowlton.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-389) and index.
- Added Author
- Knowlton, Rick, author.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 17-1975