Main entry:

Zinguer, Tamar.

Title & Author:

Architecture in play : intimations of modernism in architectural toys, 1836-1952 / Tamar Zinguer.

Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Dissertation Services, ©2006.

Description:

xix, 246 leaves ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction : house, tool, and toy -- Meditations on play, architectural toys and a hobby-horse -- Kindergarten Gifts (1836) -- Anchor Stone Building Blocks (1877) -- Meccano (1901) and Erector Set (1911) -- The Toy (1951) and House of Cards (1952) -- Epilogue : blocks.

Subject:

Toys.
Modernism (Art) Europe.
Modernism (Art) United States.
Educational toys Germany.
Wooden toys Germany.
Metal toys England.
Metal toys United States.
Paper toys United States.
Blocks (Toys)
Jouets.
Modernisme (Art) Europe.
Modernisme (Art) États-Unis.
Jouets éducatifs Allemagne.
Jouets en bois Allemagne.
Jouets en métal Angleterre.
Jouets en métal États-Unis.
Jouets de papier États-Unis.
Cubes (Pièces de jeu)
toys (recreational artifacts)
blocks (toys)
building blocks.
Educational toys
Metal toys
Modernism (Art)
Paper toys
Wooden toys
England
Europe
Germany
United States
Architectural toys 1830-1960.
Construction toys 1830-1960.
Stone Blocks (toys) Germany.
Modernism.

Form/genre:

dissertations.
Academic theses
Thèses et écrits académiques.

Holdings:

Location: Library main toy reference 251889
Call No.: TS2301.T68 Z5 2006
Status: Available