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Children at play : an American history / Howard P. Chudacoff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chudacoff, Howard P.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children--United States--History.
- Children.
- Play--United States--History.
- Play.
- Children--United States--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (285 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Hear the author interview on NPR's Morning Edition. If you believe the experts, "child's play"; is serious business. From sociologists to psychologists and from anthropologists to social critics, writers have produced mountains of books about the meaning and importance of play. But what do we know about how children actually play, especially American children of the last two centuries? In this fascinating and enlightening book, Howard Chudacoff presents a history of children's play in the United States and ponders what it tells us about ourselves. Through expert investigation in primary source
- Contents:
- Introduction: Play
- Childhood and play in colonial America
- Domesticating children, 1800-1850
- The arrival of toys, 1850-1900
- The invasion of children's play culture, 1900-1950
- The golden age, 1900-1950
- The commercialization of children's play, 1950 to the present
- Children's play goes underground, 1950 to the present
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-261) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814717301
- 0814717306
- 9780814790052
- 0814790054
- 9781435607279
- 1435607279
- OCLC:
- 779828404
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