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Children at play : an American history / Howard P. Chudacoff.

by Chudacoff, Howard P.

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New York : New York University Press, c2007.

Children -- United States -- History.

Play -- United States -- History.

Children -- United States -- Social life and customs.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0712/2007007865.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0730/2007007865-d.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2007007865-b.html

9780814716649 (cloth : alk. paper) :

0814716644 (cloth : alk. paper)

xvi, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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.

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