| Description |
vi, 262 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Note |
"This collection of essays originated from the Symposium "American Play, 1820-1900" which took place at the Strong Museum on November 6 and 7, 1987"--Introduction. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-250) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : are we having fun yet? / Katherine C. Grier --Recreation in a Christian America : Ocean Grove and Asbury Park, New Jersey, 1869-1914 / Glenn Uminowicz -- "The Germans take care of our celebrations" : middle-class Americans appropriate German ethnic culture in Buffalo in the 1850s / David A. Gerber -- Roller-skating toward industrialism / Dwight W. Hoover -- American angling : the rise of urbanism and the romance of the rod and reel / Colleen J. Sheehy --"Another branch of manly sport" : American rifle games, 1840-1900 / Russell S. Gilmore -- A room with a view : the parlor stereoscope, comic stereographs, and the psychic role of play in Victorian America / Shirley Wajda. |
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Ladies of leisure : domestic photography in the nineteenth century / Madelyn Moeller -- Children's play in American autobiographies, 1820-1914 / Bernard Mergen -- Fox and geese in the school yard : play and America's country schools, 1870-1940 / Andrew Gulliford -- The natural limits of unstructured play, 1880-1914 / Donald J. Mrozek. |
| Subject |
Leisure -- History.
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Leisure -- Social aspects -- History.
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Recreation -- History.
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Recreation -- Social aspects -- History.
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| Added Author |
Grover, Kathryn, 1953-
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Symposium "American Play, 1820-1900" (1987 : Strong Museum)
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| ISBN |
0870237934 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0870237926 (alk. paper) |
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