TY - BOOK AU - Caillois,Roger AU - Barash,Meyer TI - Man, play, and games SN - 025207033X (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - GN454 .C35 2001 U1 - 306.4/87 21 PY - 2001/// CY - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press KW - Games KW - Social aspects KW - Play N1 - Translation of: Les jeux et les hommes; Includes bibliographical references and index; Part. 1. Play and games: theme--The definition of play--The classification of games--The social function of games--The corruption of games--Toward a sociology derived from games--Part. 2. Play and games: variations--An expanded theory of games--Simulation and vertigo--Competition and chance--Revivals in the modern world--Appendix: 1. The importance of games of chance ; 2. Psychological and mathematical approaches ER -