Kids' stuff : toys and the changing world of American childhood / Gary Cross.

Main entry:

Cross, Gary S., author. aut

Title & Author:

Kids' stuff : toys and the changing world of American childhood / Gary Cross.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press, 1997.

Description:

vii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-272) and index.
Their Toys and Ours -- Modern Childhood, Modern Toys -- Shaping the Child's Future -- Freeing the Child's Imagination -- Building Blocks of Character -- The Boomers' Box of Toys -- Spinning Out of Control -- Making Sense of the Modern Toybox.

Summary:

To sort out who's who and what's what in the enchanting, vexing world of Barbies and Ninja Turtles, Tinkertoys and teddy bears, is to begin to see what's become of childhood in America. It is this changing world, and what it unveils about our values, that Gary Cross explores in Kids' Stuff, a revealing look into the meaning of American toys through this century. What does the endless array of action figures and fashion dolls mean? Are children - or parents - the dupes of the film, television, and toy industries, with their latest fads and irresistible fantasies? What does this say about our time, and what does it bode for our future? Tapping a vein of rich cultural history, Kids' Stuff exposes the serious business behind a century of playthings.

ISBN:

0674898303 (alk. paper)
9780674898301 (alk. paper)
067450335X (pbk.)
9780674503359 (pbk.)

Subject:

Toy industry United States History.
Toys Social aspects United States.
Jouets Industrie États-Unis Histoire.
Jouets Aspect social États-Unis.
Toy industry
Toys Social aspects
Geschichte
Soziologie
Spielzeug
Spielzeugindustrie
Kinderen.
Speelgoed.
United States
USA

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main toy reference 221139
Call No.: TS2301.T68 C6 1997
Status: Available

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