Penn State University Press

Penn State University Press - The play world: toys, texts, and the transatlantic german childhood, hardcover/patricia anne simpson

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The Play World chronicles the history and evolution of the concept of play as a universal part of childhood.

Examining texts and toys coming out of Europe between 1631 and 1914, Patricia Anne Simpson argues that German material, literary, and pedagogical cultures were central to the construction of the modern ideas and realities of play and childhood in the transatlantic world.

With attention to the details of toy manufacturing and marketing, Simpson considers pr.