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The History of Toys: From Spinning Tops to Robots

English

By (author): Deborah Jaffe

This appealing and well-illustrated book traces the history of toys through the ages. It reflects changing attitudes to childhood as well as the influences of technology and the invention of new materials. Remarkably, some toys have changed very little despite a change in materials: rattles once made of straw, clay, silver, leather and wood are now made of plastic. Greek, Egyptian and Roman children played with dolls, miniature houses, balls, spinning tops and pull-along animals on wheels. Kites have been flown in China for centuries. Dolls were either made from wood, fabric, leather or porcelain - or, for poor children, were just a chalk face on an old shoe wrapped in material - before the advent of fine sculpting by toymakers, Kathe Cruse or Sasha Morgenthaler. Deborah Jaffe explores the various influences on toys from politics and marketing to religion and education. She takes us on a fascinating exploration of toys through the ages.

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Will deliver when available. Publication date 30 May 2024

Product Details
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 30 May 2024
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781803997247

About Deborah Jaffe

Deborah Jaffe is an author photographer and painter. She has worked for the Toy Libraries Association and the Handicapped Adventure Playground Association has edited What Toy? Magazine and was a consultant to Philip and Tacey designers of educational materials. Her books include What's Left of Henry VIII Best of Britain for Children Press-Out Masks to Make and Decorate and Ingenious Women (Sutton 2003). She is a Fellow of the RSA.

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