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.