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Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Childhood and play in early America, 1600-1800
2. The attempt to domesticate childhood and play, 1800-1850
3. The stuff of childhood, 1850-1900
4. The invasion of children's play culture, 1900-1950
5. The golden age of unstructured play, 1900-1950
6. The commercialization and co-optation of children's play, 1950 to the present
7. Children's play goes underground, 1950 to the present
Conclusion
Notes
Index
About the author.
Preface
Introduction
1. Childhood and play in early America, 1600-1800
2. The attempt to domesticate childhood and play, 1800-1850
3. The stuff of childhood, 1850-1900
4. The invasion of children's play culture, 1900-1950
5. The golden age of unstructured play, 1900-1950
6. The commercialization and co-optation of children's play, 1950 to the present
7. Children's play goes underground, 1950 to the present
Conclusion
Notes
Index
About the author.