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

Published Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press ; Chesham : Combined Academic, 2004

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Description x, 211 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm 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 thoughts Notes Formerly CIP. Uk Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-200) and index Subject Adolescence -- United States -- History. Child consumers -- United States -- History. Children -- United States -- History. Children's clothing industry -- United States -- History. Mother and child -- United States -- History. Teenage consumers -- United States -- History. LC no. 2003016060 ISBN 082233268X (paperback: alk. paper) 0822332795 (cloth : alk. paper)

Other Titles The children's clothing industry and the rise of the child consumer The commodification of childhood

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