From Playgrounds to PlayStation: The Interaction of Technology and Play

by Carroll W. Pursell

How technology shapes play in America--and vice versa.

In this romp through the changing landscape of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American toys, games, hobbies, and amusements, senior historian of technology Carroll Pursell poses a simple but interesting question: What can we learn by studying the relationship between technology and play?

From Playgrounds to PlayStation explores how play reflects and drives the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421416506
• ISBN13: 9781421416502
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary