In this revealing social history, Daniel Thomas Cook explores the roots of children's consumer culture--and the commodification of childhood itself--by looking at the rise, growth, and segmentation of the children's clothing industry. Cook describes how in the early twentieth century merchants, manufacturers, and advertisers of children's clothing began to aim commercial messages at the child rather than the mother. Cook situates this fundamental shift in perspective within the broader transformation of the child into a legitimate, individualized, self-contained consumer.
"The...
In this revealing social history, Daniel Thomas Cook explores the roots of children's consumer culture--and the commodification of childhood itself--b...
In this revealing social history, Daniel Thomas Cook explores the roots of children s consumer culture and the commodification of childhood itself by looking at the rise, growth, and segmentation of the children s clothing industry. Cook describes how in the early twentieth century merchants, manufacturers, and advertisers of children s clothing began to aim commercial messages at the child rather than the mother. Cook situates this fundamental shift in perspective within the broader transformation of the child into a legitimate, individualized, self-contained consumer.
"The Commodification...
In this revealing social history, Daniel Thomas Cook explores the roots of children s consumer culture and the commodification of childhood itself by ...
Exploring the experiences of children encountering war and armed conflict, this book draws upon history, ethnography, sociology, literature, media studies, psychology, public policy, and other disciplines to address children as soldiers, refugees, and peace-builders within their social, cultural, and political contexts.
Exploring the experiences of children encountering war and armed conflict, this book draws upon history, ethnography, sociology, literature, media stu...
