Children at Play: An American History

by HowardP.Chudacoff (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2007

  $104.46

  By examining the activities of young people whom marketers today call tweens , this book provides fresh historical depth to discussions about topics like childhood obesity, delinquency, learning disability, and ways that children spend their time when adults aren't looking.

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $35.48

  What do we know about how children actually play, especially American children of the last two centuries? This book presents a history of children's play in the United States and ponders what it tells us about ourselves. It provides a chronological history of play in the US from the point of view of children themselves.