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Designing the creative child : playthings and places in midcentury America /

The postwar American stereotypes of suburban sameness, traditional gender roles and educational conservatism have masked an alternate self-image tailor-made for the Cold War. The creative child, an idealized future citizen, was the darling of baby boom parents, psychologists, marketers and designers...

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Main Author:	Ogata, Amy Fumiko, 1965-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]
Series:	Architecture, landscape, and American culture series.
Subjects:	Children > United States > Social conditions > 20th century. Creative ability in children > United States. Play environments > United States. Design > Human factors > United States. HISTORY > United States > 20th Century. ARCHITECTURE > History > Contemporary (1945- ) SOCIAL SCIENCE > Children's Studies.

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