THE STRUCTURES OF TOY CONSUMPTION: BOURGEOIS DOMESTICITY AND DEMAND FOR TOYS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY GERMANY.

Explores the structural transformation of the toy industry in Germany during the 19th century. Impact of the development of bürgerliche domesticity on the toy market; Reference of toy demand as an effort to re-establish the emotional foundations of the family; Use of toys to symbolically reinforce...

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Published in:	Journal of Social History Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 857 - 870
Main Author:	Hamlin, David
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Summer2003
Subjects:	Toy industry Marketing Supply & demand Nineteenth century History Germany
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