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Author:

Cook, Daniel Thomas, 1961-

Title:

The commodification of childhood : the children's clothing industry and the rise of the child consumer / Daniel Thomas Cook.

Publisher:

Duke University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

x, 211 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Childhood--United States--History.
Adolescence--United States--History.
Child consumers--United States--History.
Teenage consumers--United States--History.
Children's clothing industry--United States--History.
Mother and child--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-200) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- A brief history of childhood and motherhood into the twentieth century -- Merchandising, motherhood, and morality : industry origins and child welfare, 1917-1929 -- Pediocularity : from the child's point of view -- Reconfiguring girlhood : age grading, size ranges, and aspirational merchandising in the 1930s -- Baby booms and market booms : teen and subteen girls in the postwar marketplace -- Concluding remarks.

ISBN:

9780822332688 (pbk. : alk. paper)
082233268X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822332794 (cloth : alk. paper)
0822332795 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52721180

LCCN:

2003016060

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)