Designing the creative child : playthings and places in midcentury America / / Amy F. Ogata.
" The postwar American stereotypes of suburban sameness, traditional gender roles, and educational conservatism have masked an alternate self-image tailor-made for the Cold War. The creative child, an idealized future citizen, was the darling of baby boom parents, psychologists, marketers, and...
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Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Architecture, landscape, and American culture series
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Physical Description: | xxii, 293 p., [16] p. of col. plates :; ill. (some col.). |
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Table of Contents:
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- Contents
- Introduction: Object Lessons
- 1. Constructing Creativity in Postwar America
- 2. Educational Toys and Creative Playthings
- 3. Creative Living at Home
- 4. Building Creativity in Postwar Schools
- 5. Learning Imagination in Art and Science
- Epilogue: The Legacy of Consuming Creativity
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.