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Poker and Pop Culture
- Telling the Story of America's Favorite Card Game
Engelsk Paperback
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Poker and Pop Culture
- Telling the Story of America's Favorite Card Game
Engelsk Paperback

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Introduced shortly after the United States declared its independence, poker''s growth and development has paralleled that of America itself. As a gambling game with mass appeal, poker has been played by presidents and peasants, at kitchen tables and final tables, for matchsticks and millions.

First came the hands, then came the stories - some true, some pure bluffs, and many in between. In Poker & Pop Culture: Telling the Story of America''s Favorite Card Game, Martin Harris shares these stories while chronicling poker''s progress from 19th-century steamboats and saloons to 21st-century virtual tables online, including:


  • Poker on the Mississippi
  • Poker in the Movies
  • Poker in the Old West
  • Poker on the Newsstand
  • Poker in the Civil War
  • Poker in Literature
  • Poker on the Bookshelf
  • Poker in Music
  • Poker in the White House
  • Poker on Television
  • Poker During Wartime
  • Poker on the Computer


From Mark Twain to "Dogs Playing Poker" to W.C. Fields to John Wayne to A Streetcar Named Desire to the Cold War to Kenny Rogers to ESPN to Star Trek: The Next Generation and beyond, Poker & Pop Culture provides a comprehensive survey of cultural productions in which poker is of thematic importance, showing how the game''s portrayal in the mainstream has increased poker''s relevance to American history and shaped the way we think about the game and its significance.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
432
ISBN-13:
9781909457980
Indbinding:
Paperback
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ISBN-10:
1909457981
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Udg. Dato:
1 jul 2019
Længde:
29mm
Bredde:
229mm
Højde:
154mm
Forlag:
D&B Publishing
Oplagsdato:
1 jul 2019
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