Made to Play House
Subtitle: Dolls and the Commercialization of American Girlhood, 1830-1930
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: October 9, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780801860621
Subjects: Adolescents; Children; Cultural studies; Gender Studies; Manufacturing industries; Social history; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Popular Culture - General; Industries And Trades (Economic Aspects); Sex Roles (Sociological Aspects); Business & Economics; United States; Sociology; USA; United States - General; Women's Studies - History; History / United States / General; Industries - General; Doll industry; History; Social aspects
First sentence: "Of doll haters I have known quite a few," wrote a contributor to Babyhood magazine about the "hoydenish" little girls she had observed swatting their dolls.