The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board GameBloomsbury Publishing USA, 17 feb 2015 - 320 páginas 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. A fascinating social history of corporate greed that illuminates the cutthroat nature of American business over the last century, The Monopolists reads like the best detective fiction, told through Monopoly's real-life winners and losers. |
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROFESSOR AND THE TRUSTBUSTING GAME | 1 |
CHAPTER 2 A WOMAN INVENTS | 18 |
CHAPTER 3 A UTOPIA CALLED ARDEN | 36 |
CHAPTER 4 GEORGE PARKER AND THE CARDBOARD EMPIRE | 43 |
CHAPTER 5 NEW LIFE FOR THE LANDLORDS GAME | 60 |
CHAPTER 6 FRAT BOYS AND QUAKERS CHANGE THE GAME | 75 |
CHAPTER 7 CHARLES DARROWS SECRET | 91 |
CHAPTER 8 PARKER BROTHERS FROM DEPRESSION TO BOOM | 101 |
CHAPTER 13 A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE | 204 |
CHAPTER 14 THE BURIAL | 225 |
CHAPTER 15 REDEMPTION | 236 |
APPENDIX WHAT BECAME OF THEM | 245 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 251 |
A NOTE ON SOURCES | 259 |
NOTES | 263 |
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CHAPTER 9 CONFLICT INTRIGUE REVENGE | 128 |
CHAPTER 10 THE CASE FORANTIMONOPOLY | 143 |
CHAPTER 11 ANSPACH CONNECTS THE DOTS | 165 |
CHAPTER 12 BARTON UNDER OATH | 181 |
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A NOTE ON THE AUTHOR | 314 |
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