The Commodification of Childhood : The Children's Clothing Industry and the Rise of the Child Consumer


Daniel Thomas. Cook
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
North Carolina : : Duke University Press, , 2004.
Omfang
1 online resource (223 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; A Brief History of Childhood and Motherhood into the Twentieth Century; Merchandising, Motherhood, and Morality: Industry Origins and Child Welfare, 1917-1929; Pediocularity: From Child's Point of View; Reconfiguring Girlhood: Age Grading, Size Ranges, and Aspirational Merchandising in the 1930s; Baby Booms and Market Booms: Teen and Subteen Girls in the Postwar Marketplace; Concluding Remarks; Appendix: Figures and Tables; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - Through a study of industry publications over much of the century, shows how the U.S. children's clothing industry produced increasingly refined categories of childhood.
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ISBN
082233268X. - 0822332795

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