Playhouses and Privilege: The Architecture of Elite Childhood

by Abigail A. Van Slyck

Book Overview

Examining playhouses of the super-rich to understand how architecture contributed to the construction of elite identity and modern childhood

Playhouses and Privilege explores children's playhouses built on British and American estates between the 1850s and the mid-1930s. Different from the prefabricated buildings that later populated suburban backyards, these playhouses were often fully functional cottages designed by well-known...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 151791695X
• ISBN13: 9781517916954
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"