The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (987 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00U2OENWA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 306 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The Monopolists reveals the unknown story of how Monopoly came into existence, the reinvention of its history by Parker Brothers and multiple media outlets, the lost female originator of the game, and one man's lifelong obsession to tell the true story about the game's questionable origins. That story, however, is not exactly true. Ralph Anspach, a professor fighting to sell his Anti-Monopoly board game decades later, unearthed the real story, which traces back to Abraham Lincoln, the Quakers, and a forgotten feminist named Lizzie Magie who invented her nearly identical Landlord's Game more than 30 years before Parker Brothers sold their version of Monopoly. Most think it was invented by an unemployed Pennsylvanian who sold his game to Parker Brothers during the Great Depression in
"The 0.1% and the 99.9%, explained by the Landlord's Game -- and the alternative" according to Wyneth C. Achenbaum. The real history of this game may lead some of those who are looking to understand why the 99% are receiving a much smaller percentage of the benefits our economy provides, and the upper portion of the 1% collecting a disproportionate share. Lizzie Magie knew pretty clearly, and created a game that she hoped would reach both young people and adults. There were two sets of rules -- one which led to monopolies of that basic r. Pilon > Orbanes Wood Notlie When considering other texts on the famous board game Monopoly, this is certainly the best. The reason being the most vocal "historian" and author on the game is Philip E. Orbanes, whose texts I have perused. Orbanes is the former President of Winning Moves which has the republishing/reproduction right for the game in question. Orbanes has written texts on the game, as well as the Parker Brothers, and Pilon is the only one . Frederick S. Goethel said The True Story of The Invention of The Game of Monopoly. For years I have heard the story of the man from Atlantic City, down on his luck, who creted the game and became wealthy as a result. And, to me, it always seemed a little to perfect a story.It turns out that it was, in fact, just a little to perfect. Darrow, the man credited with creation of the game did little, if anything, other than to bring it to Parker Bros. and talk them into marketing the game. It had actually been