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Game theory and minorities in American literature
- Title
- Game theory and minorities in American literature / Michael Wainwright.
- Author
- Wainwright, Michael
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
- ©2016
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Details
- Description
- xx, 243 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This pioneering study applies the theory of games of strategy (or game theory) to a selection of minoritarian texts from the American canon. Concentrating on rational decision making, the discussion introduces the most common social dilemmas, the Stag Hunt, the Prisoner's Dilemma, Chicken, and Deadlock, as a means of interpreting works by Franklin, Douglass, Jacobs, Hurston, Faulkner, Morrison, and Hamid"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-231) and index.
- Call Number
- JFD 16-3449
- ISBN
- 9781137590558
- 1137590556
- 9781137588227
- 1137588225
- LCCN
- 2015031700
- OCLC
- 946907668
- Author
- Wainwright, Michael, author.
- Title
- Game theory and minorities in American literature / Michael Wainwright.
- Publisher
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-231) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 16-3449