Playthings and Places in Midcentury America
by
Amy F. Ogata
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2013
The postwar American stereotypes of suburban sameness, traditional gender roles, and educational conservatism have masked an alternate self-image tailor-made for the Cold War. The creative child, an idealized future citizen, was the darling of baby boom parents, psychologists, marketers, and designers...