Made to Play House
Subtitle: Dolls and the Commercialization of American Girlhood, 1830-1930
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: December 29, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780300050721
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Other manufacturing technologies; Social history; Toys, teddy bears & dolls; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Industrial Sociology; Sociology Of Children; Sociology; USA; General; Industries - General; Business & Economics / Industries; Doll industry; History; Social aspects; United States
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.