Toys, Games, and Fun in American History

ISBN-10: 0836872096
ISBN-13: 9780836872095
Category: Amusements
Pages: 28
Language: English
Published: 2007
Publisher: Gareth Stevens
Author: Dana Meachen Rau

Description

Traces the changes in the way Americans have amused themselves and the growth of leisure time from colonial times to the present, and describes the technological and social developments behind these differences.

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