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The Oxford Guide to Card Games

Academic Card Game History, David Parlett, 1990

The Oxford Guide to Card Games by David Parlett, first published in 1990, is a scholarly history and taxonomy of card games. Used in this atlas for bridge and the wider whist family of trick taking games.

Facts
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Year
1990
Source Type
academic-monograph
Reliability Tier
2
Sources
The Oxford Guide to Card Games
Oxford University Press, 1990
Claims Backed By This Source (36 claims)

This source backs 36 claims across the atlas. As facts: 20 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 6 holds, 4 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Games, 31 claims: 15 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 6 holds, 4 connected, 4 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
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