Designing Modern Childhoods: History, Space, and the Material Culture of Children
- ISBN-10
- 0813541956
- ISBN-13
- 9780813541952
- Category
- Family & Relationships
- Pages
- 346
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Authors
- Marta Gutman, Ning De Coninck-Smith
Description
In the book architectural historians, social historians, social scientists, and architects examine the history and design of places and objects such as schools, hospitals, playgrounds, houses, cell phones, snowboards, and even the McDonald's Happy Meal.
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