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Kings Across the Board
Chess War and Intellectual Prestige
Por KIAN TATE
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Sinopsis
A game of carved pieces became a language of status, strategy, and disciplined thought. Traveling from South Asia through Persia, the Islamic world, and Europe, chess changed its rules and meanings as it entered courts, cities, clubs, schools, and mass media. This history follows those transformations without treating the game as a timeless mirror of war. It examines patronage, moral criticism, printed manuals, competitive culture, nationalism, and the rise of international tournaments. Readers discover how chess acquired intellectual prestige and why societies repeatedly used it to imagine hierarchy, calculation, character, and conflict.
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Editorial: Epubli
ISBN: 9783565621217
Idioma: Inglés
Fecha de lanzamiento: 07/08/2026
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