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Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture
By Heinz, Annelise
- ISBN
- 9780190081799
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ.
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Reviewed on March 19, 2021 | Social Science
Mahjong is a tile-based game that originated in China. Heinz (history, Univ. of Oregon) explores the history of mahjong in the United States: how it arrived, the demographic groups who played it, and its evolution from the early 20th century to the present. American marketers in the 1920s advertised mahjong as an ancient game played by Confucius. In reality, it originated in southern China in the mid-19th centur...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
