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Author : K. D. Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The History of the Children's Toy Industry in Britain Since 1800 written by K. D. Brown and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kenneth D. Brown
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9781852851361
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (513 download)
Download or read book The British Toy Business written by Kenneth D. Brown and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At its height British toymaking was a significant industry, with famous names such as Britains and Meccano known throughout the world. While in essence a specialised form of small-scale engineering, its products and market have always been unique, reflecting the current priorities of both parents and children. Yet, while individual toys and marques have been catalogued extensively, no previous history of toymaking as a whole exists. The British Toy Business provides a fascinating example of the development of a specific industry. Many early early toys were home-made. From the eighteenth century, with its growing recognition of children as something other than small adults, date the beginnings of specialised toys, usually produced by small workshops and sold by street-sellers. The nineteenth century, with its industrial growth and middle-class prosperity, saw an expansion of toymaking. The 1960s and 1970s were the most successful years of British toymaking, with companies like Lesney making record profits. Yet British toy makers failed to solve a number of fundamental problems. Following an unexpected sudden downturn in sales at a time of high interest rates, the major names in British toy making, Lesney, Airfix, Mettoy and Dunbee Combex Marx, all collapsed between 1979 and 1985, leaving the business to be dominated largely by importers.
Author : Kenneth Brown
Publisher : Shire Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780747808244
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (82 download)
Download or read book The British Toy Industry written by Kenneth Brown and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toys have been made in Britain for hundreds of years, but it was in the twentieth century that the British toy industry reached its peak. Names such as Meccano, Chad Valley, Dinky, Scalextric, Bayko and Hornby dominated the trade at home and abroad. It was not to last, however, and foreign competition became too much for an industry that began to lose its way. This book is the story of the British toy industry and its products, and not to be missed by toy collectors, those interested in British industry, and anyone for whom the great names of the British toyshop bring back happy memories.
Author : Antonia Fraser
Publisher : London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A History of Toys written by Antonia Fraser and published by London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1966 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 766 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Current Research in Britain written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : British Library. Document Supply Centre
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
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Author : Karl Gröber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Children's Toys of Bygone Days written by Karl Gröber and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alisa Clapp-Itnyre
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113479620X
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)
Download or read book British Hymn Books for Children, 1800-1900 written by Alisa Clapp-Itnyre and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining nineteenth-century British hymns for children, Alisa Clapp-Itnyre argues that the unique qualities of children's hymnody created a space for children's empowerment. Unlike other literature of the era, hymn books were often compilations of many writers' hymns, presenting the discerning child with a multitude of perspectives on religion and childhood. In addition, the agency afforded children as singers meant that they were actively engaged with the text, music, and pictures of their hymnals. Clapp-Itnyre charts the history of children’s hymn-book publications from early to late nineteenth century, considering major denominational movements, the importance of musical tonality as it affected the popularity of hymns to both adults and children, and children’s reformation of adult society provided by such genres as missionary and temperance hymns. While hymn books appear to distinguish 'the child' from 'the adult', intricate issues of theology and poetry - typically kept within the domain of adulthood - were purposely conveyed to those of younger years and comprehension. Ultimately, Clapp-Itnyre shows how children's hymns complicate our understanding of the child-adult binary traditionally seen to be a hallmark of Victorian society. Intersecting with major aesthetic movements of the period, from the peaking of Victorian hymnody to the Golden Age of Illustration, children’s hymn books require scholarly attention to deepen our understanding of the complex aesthetic network for children and adults. Informed by extensive archival research, British Hymn Books for Children, 1800-1900 brings this understudied genre of Victorian culture to critical light.
Author : Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1150 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
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Author : Christopher Byrne
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ISBN 13 : 9780692617076
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (17 download)
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Author : Karl Ewald Fritzsch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book An Illustrated History of Toys written by Karl Ewald Fritzsch and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rhona Whiteford
Publisher : Folens Limited
ISBN 13 : 1843037718
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (43 download)
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Author : Sir John Harold Clapham
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521215909
Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (159 download)
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Author : Richard O'Brien
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Story of American Toys written by Richard O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evokes the wonder and nostalgia of toys in America with the story of the inventors, manufacturers, and marketers behind the toys.
Author : Nicholas Whittaker
Publisher : Orion Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780575068087
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (68 download)
Download or read book Toys Were Us written by Nicholas Whittaker and published by Orion Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicholas Whittaker's Toys Were Us is an analysis of the world of toys. Unashamedly nostalgic in parts, Whittaker rolls back the years and lovingly examines the detail of many lost, forgotten, or just plain old toys. Provisionally broken down into subjects and themes -- from 'having wheels' (pedal cars, roller skates) to 'war' (toy soldiers, airfix kits), etc -- the book is a chronology but also tackles many contemporary issues such as media-fuelled crazes, controversial violations of safety regulations, how Britain has lost its hold on the toy market and the ever-increasing commercialisation of toys. This is a hitherto unwritten cultural history, full of Whittaker's characteristic wit, irreverence and eye for hidden, obscure detail.
Author : Luigi Toiati
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473897319
Total Pages : 1145 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book The History of Toy Soldiers written by Luigi Toiati and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 1145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Amazing . . . A must-have must-read bible for lovers of toy history and in particular toy soldiers. Absolutely glorious!” —Books Monthly Humans have made and collected toy soldiers from time immemorial. They amuse and comfort us, awaken our curiosity, turn aggressiveness into creativity. In The History of Toy Soldiers, Luigi Toiati, himself an avid collector and manufacturer of toy soldiers, conveys and shares the pleasure of collecting and playing with them. Far from a dry encyclopedia, it leads the reader through the fascinating evolution of the toy soldier from ancient times to the early twenty-first century. The author, as a sociologist with an interest in semiotics (the study of signs), offers truly original insights into why different types of toy soldiers were born in a given period and country, or why in a given size and material. The author’s writing is packed with factual detail about the different types of toy (and model) soldiers and their manufacturers, but also with anecdotes, nostalgia, wit and his enduring passion for the subject. Six hundred beautiful color photographs, many depicting the author’s own collection, complete this delightful book. “Toiati creatively delivers exhaustive details, captivating anecdotes and a sense of nostalgia that exudes the fundamental childhood joy of playing with toy soldiers combined with adult collectors’ wonderment at their charms.” —Toy Soldier & Model Figure “A book that will enter the annals of Toy Soldier collections as one of the best and most complete books on this topic.” —IPMS/USA “A great journey of exploration.” —Miniature Wargaming
Author : Laura Ugolini
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351946692
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Cultures of Selling written by Laura Ugolini and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of consumption and its relationship to cultural and social values has become a vibrant and important field in recent years. Hitherto however, relatively few detailed and full length works on this topic have been published. In what will become a seminal volume, this book examines retail selling in various historical contexts and locations, as both an activity at once 'mundane' and almost universal. The book introduces the reader to the existing literature relevant to the subject; and explores the widespread perceptions of moral ambiguity surrounding the practice of selling consumer goods - ranging from concerns about the adulteration of goods, to fears about sharp practice on the part of retailers - and places such concerns in the context of wider societal values and ideas. The ambivalence towards retail selling and sellers is also a central focus of the collection, focussing on the attempts by retailers to develop selling techniques and successful practices of salesmanship, and at the same time establish widely-shared understandings of 'good' retailing. The book also delves into the more dubious practices of retail selling, including practices on the margin of legality, the issue of credit and changing attitudes towards debt. Uniquely the book examines how sales techniques relate to the wider context of a whole shopping 'experience' or shopping environment. Taken as a whole, this volume will provide a first port of call for students, researchers and others interested in exploring consumer cultures, and the cultural norms and practices involved in the sale of consumer goods in various historical periods and geographical contexts.
