Children at Play : : An American History / / Howard P. Chudacoff.
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 what do we kno...
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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