Children at play
Subtitle: an American history
By: Howard P. Chudacoff
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780814716649
Subjects: Children -- United States -- History; Play -- United States -- History; Children -- United States -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-261) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Childhood and play in colonial America, 1600-1800; title: The attempt to domesticate children and play, 1800-1850; title: The stuff of childhood, 1850-1900; title: The invasion of children's play culture, 1900-1950; title: The golden age of unstructured play, 1900-1950; title: The commercialization of co-optation of children's play, 1950 to the present; title: Children's play goes underground, 1950 to the present; title: Conclusion