Children at Play : An American History /
Hear the author interview on NPR's Morning EditionIf 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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
New York University Press,
[2007]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Childhood and Play in Early America, 1600-1800
- 2 The Attempt to Domesticate Childhood and Play, 1800-1850
- 3 The Stuff of Childhood, 1850-1900
- 4 The Invasion of Children's Play Culture, 1900-1950
- 5 The Golden Age of Unstructured Play, 1900-1950
- 6 The Commercialization and Co-optation of Children's Play, 1950 to the Present
- 7 Children's Play Goes Underground, 1950 to the Present
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author