Children at play : an American history /

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. B...

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Hlavní autor: Chudacoff, Howard P.
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: New York : New York University Press, ©2007.
Edice:Book collections on Project MUSE.
On-line přístup:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=208758
Obsah:
  • Introduction
  • Childhood and play in early America, 1600-1800
  • The attempt to domesticate childhood and play, 1800-1850
  • The stuff of childhood, 1850-1900
  • The invasion of children's play culture, 1900-1950
  • The golden age of unstructured play, 1900-1950
  • The commercialization and co-optation of children's play, 1950 to the present
  • Children's play goes underground, 1950 to the present
  • Conclusion.