Made to Play House

Formanek-Brunell, Miriam

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Author
Formanek-Brunell, Miriam
Publish Date
12/29/1993
Book Type
Hardcover
Publisher Name
YALE
Subtitle
Dolls and the Commercialization of American Girlhood, 1830-1930
Number of Pages
233
Edition
First Edition
ISBN-10
0300050720
ISBN-13
9780300050721
SKU
9780300050721

Description

As an illustrated social history of the American doll industry this book describes how dolls and doll play changed over time from Gilded Age fashion dolls which inculcated formal social rituals, to the realistic baby dolls of the 1920s fostering girls' maternal impulses.