The American Pageant by Of History David M Kennedy

The American Pageant by Of History David M Kennedy

This book explores the history of children's toys and games bearing racial stereotypes, and the role these objects played in the creation and maintenance of structures of racialism and racism in the United States, from approximately 1865 to the 1930s. This time period is one in which the creation of structures of childhood and children's socialization into race was fostered. Additionally, commodities, like toys, were didactic and disciplinary media in the creation, modification and reproduction of Victorian society. This volume:

• will shed light on issues of identity, ideology, and hegemony;
  
• will appeal to those interested in historical archaeology, critical theory, and constructions of racism and class, as well as material culture scholars, and antiques collectors;
  
• will be suitable for upper-level courses in historical archaeology, modern American history, and material culture studies.

Lizabeth Cohen is the Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies at Harvard University's Department of History. Building a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939, was a nominee for the Pulitzer Prize and earned the Bancroft Prize and the Philip Taft Labor History Award. She is the coauthor (with David Kennedy) of The American Pageant, a collection of articles and essays. Her spouse and two daughters reside with her in Belmont, Massachusetts.