The History of Toys

The History of Toys

Author: Deborah Jaffé

Publisher: Sutton Pub Limited

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780750938495

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An illustrated chronicle of toy history includes coverage of objects that have remained popular throughout the ages whose designs have been shaped by progressive technologies, new materials, and the advent of mass production.


Ingenious Women

Ingenious Women

Author: Deborah Jaffé

Publisher: Sutton Pub Limited

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9780750930307

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This illustrated work examines inventions and discoveries made by women, beginning with the first patent application made in 1637 and ending with the outbreak of war in 1914. Accounts of the stories of the inventions are placed into the context in which their discoveries were made.


Toys with Nine Lives

Toys with Nine Lives

Author: Andrew McClary

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780208023865

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Considers how toys changed over the centuries in America as a rural society was gradually urbanized.


Traditional Wooden Toys

Traditional Wooden Toys

Author: Cyril Hobbins

Publisher: Linden Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781933502106

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Traces the history of wooden toys, describing the methods used to create them in different eras and presenting step-by-step instructions for making a wide range of traditional wooden toys.


Texas Toys and Games

Texas Toys and Games

Author: Francis Edward Abernethy

Publisher: University of North Texas Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781574410372

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Folk toys are made with available materials by amateurs in the tradition of the area's culture. Folk games are the traditional games passed along in the playground. This delightful illustrated volume combines how-to descriptions and personal reminiscences contributed by people across the state of Texas. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


The History of Toys

The History of Toys

Author: Helen Cox Cannons

Publisher:

Published: 2020-04-02

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 147479260X

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How did teddies get their name? When were yo-yos first made? What were the Teletubbies? From toy cars to Barbies, Rubik's cubes to Fortnite, the toys children play with have changed a lot over the past century. But some of the toys that your grandparents played with in their youth may not be that different to the ones you play with now! Find out all about the history of toys, what has changed and what hasn't, and what children have loved to play with through the decades.


History of Toys

History of Toys

Author: Helen Cox Cannons

Publisher: Raintree

Published: 2020-04-02

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1474792618

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How did teddies get their name? When were yo-yos first made? What were the Teletubbies? From toy cars to Barbies, Rubik's cubes to Fortnite, the toys children play with have changed a lot over the past century. But some of the toys that your grandparents played with in their youth may not be that different to the ones you play with now! Find out all about the history of toys, what has changed and what hasn't, and what children have loved to play with through the decades.


Selected Writings

Selected Writings

Author: Walter Benjamin

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 9780674015883

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In the final years of the Weimar Republic, Benjamin emerged as the most original public intellectual in the German-speaking world. Here, Benjamin is represented by two of his greatest literary essays, "Surrealism" and "On the Image of Proust," as well as by an article on Goethe and a selection of his wide-ranging commentary for German newspapers.