Radical Play - Revolutionizing Childrens Toys in 1960s and 1970s America

Rob Goldberg recovers a history of American children’s culture in the 1960s and 1970s by showing how dolls, guns, action figures, and other toys galvanized and symbolized new visions of social, racial, and gender justice.

List of contents

Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction  1
1. Parenting for Peace  11
2. No War Toys  46
3. Integrating the Doll Shelves  86
4. Black Power in Toyland  120
5. Equal Play  163
6. Feminist Toys  184
Epilogue  213
Abbreviations  217
Notes  219
Bibliography  263
Index  281

About the author

Rob Goldberg is Head of the History Department at Germantown Friends School.

Product details

• Authors: Rob Goldberg
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781478020134
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-2013-4
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Radical Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous