Gaming Empire in Children’s British Board Games, 1836–1860

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Cover Half Title Series Page Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of Figures Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: Playing Well with Others in the Great Imperial Game Holding the Line: The Shared Genealogy of Maps, Geographic Board Games, and the Middle Class Critical Interdisciplinary Approaches to Games and Gaming Setting Up the Board and Placing the Pieces: An Overview of Methodology and Chapters Play Grounds: Situating Board Games Between the Literary Field and the Athletic Field 2 Navigating Trade Routes and Fostering Moral Commerce in William Spooner’s A Voyage of Discovery (1836) and John Betts’ A Tour through the British Colonies and Foreign Possessions [c. 1855] Take-or-Pay Economics and Unequal Barter in William Spooner’s A Voyage of Discovery The Transformative Power of Trade in John Betts’ A Tour through the British Colonies and Foreign Possessions 3 Games in Glass Houses: Children’s Board Games Display and Critique Imperial Power through the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace Commanding Resources in Henry Smith Evans’ The Crystal Palace Game [c. 1855] Prizing Technology in William Spooner’s Comic Game of the Great Exhibition of 1851 (1851) 4 Gaming America: Slavery, Territorial Appropriation, and the Race for Moral Leadership in Edward Wallis’ Game of the Star-Spangled Banner [c. 1844] and E. and M.A. Ogilvy’s Columbia: Land of the West [1850–1860] Mapping Moral Leadership through Retrograde Motion Territorial and Textual Appropriation in E. and M.A. Ogilvy’s Columbia, Land of the West [1850–1860] 5 Conclusion: The Afterlife of Imperial Gaming in the Postcolonial Era Finding the “Right” Side of History: The View from the Pinnacle in William Sallis’ Pyramid of History [post 1851] From the Ranks to Commander in Chief: Turn-of-the-Century Roots of War-Based Games Collaborative and Competitive: The New Life of Contemporary Games Empire’s Afterlife: From Nation to Corporation Board Games Cited Works Cited Appendix: Games with a Focus on Empire and Commerce Index