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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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
[2013]
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| Series: | Architecture, landscape, and American culture series.
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Table of Contents:
- Contents
- Introduction: Object Lessons
- 1. Constructing Creativity in Postwar America
- 2. Educational Toys and Creative Playthings
- 3. Creative Living at Home
- 4. Building Creativity in Postwar Schools
- 5. Learning Imagination in Art and Science
- Epilogue: The Legacy of Consuming Creativity
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.