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Domininque Browning writes in the NYT about Howard Chudacoff’s new book, _Children at Play: An American History_:
“In a fascinating and provocative survey, ‘Children at Play: An American History,‘ Howard P. Chudacoff traces the evolution of the ways in which children have amused themselves since colonial times. Using letters, diaries and literature as his sources, he examines adults’ attitudes toward play, as ‘the devil’s workshop,‘ or as the work of childhood. At the same time, he shows what children have doneto amuse themselves—either in spite of the adults or abetted by them. You would think that child’s play is a spontaneous and natural affair. Quite the opposite. It has long been shaped by a convergence of many forces—from styles of clothing to the design of houses to social revolutions—and by simple demographics like the proportion of children to adults at any given time.“
Read the whole review here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/books/review/Browning-t.html
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