Kids' stuff : toys and the changing world of American childhood /

To sort out who's who and what's what in the enchanting, vexing world of Barbies and Ninja Turtles, Tinkertoys and teddy bears, is to begin to see what's become of childhood in America. It is this changing world, and what it unveils about our values, that Gary Cross explores in Kids&#...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cross, Gary S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press, 1997.
Subjects:
Toy industry > United States > History.
Toys > Social aspects > United States.
Jouets > Industrie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Jouets > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Toy industry.
Toys > Social aspects.
Spielzeugindustrie
Geschichte
Spielzeug
Soziologie
Kinderen.
Speelgoed.
United States.
USA.
Toy industry > United States > History
Toys > Social aspects > United States
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Their Toys and Ours
  • Modern Childhood, Modern Toys
  • Shaping the Child's Future
  • Freeing the Child's Imagination
  • Building Blocks of Character
  • The Boomers' Box of Toys
  • Spinning Out of Control
  • Making Sense of the Modern Toybox.

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