Toys, consumption, and middle-class childhood in imperial Germany, 1871-1917
By: Bryan Ganaway.
Series: German life and civilization -- 48
Publisher: Peter Lang; Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften; Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9783039115488
Subjects: Children -- Germany -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Children -- Germany -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Toys -- Social aspects -- Germany -- History; Miniature objects -- Social aspects -- Germany -- History; Middle class -- Germany -- History; Social classes -- Germany -- History; Consumption (Economics) -- Germany -- History; Toy industry -- Social aspects -- Germany -- History; Germany -- Social conditions -- 1871-1918; Germany -- Economic conditions -- 1888-1918
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Die Kinderstube : toys and the commercialization of middle-class childhood; title: Unifying a fractious nation : toys and the social question in Germany; title: Engineers or artists : toys, class, and technology in imperial Germany; title: Toy domesticity : dolls and girlhood in imperial Germany; title: Boys, military miniatures, and changing perceptions of nationalism.