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| marx western playsets: Marx Western Playsets Jay Horowitz, 1992 Presents information about all of Marx's Western Playsets and about people who designed the dozens of types of playsets and action figures. Includes never-before-published material, such as factory specifications, from Louis Marx & Company. |
| marx western playsets: 2004 Toys and Prices Karen O'Brien, 2003 The toy collector's identification and value guide. |
| marx western playsets: Toy Bop! Tom Frey, 1994 Describes toys from the 1950' and 60's and includes photos of some the toys from those years as well as manufacturers. |
| marx western playsets: Toys and Prices Mark Bellomo, 2015-04 Presents pricing on 35,000 toys, from action figures to western toys, offers collecting advice, hobby insight, and secondary-market prices for post-World War II toys. |
| marx western playsets: Western Ranch Gary Toenges, 2018-03-27 I have revised my first publication to an 8.5 x 11 format. I have collected MARX Playsets for over thirty years. Until I retired they sat in my attic collecting dust. After I retired I dusted them off and set them up taking pictures which I then turned into books like this one. What I've learned from being a collector is this, at some point you have to do something with all this stuff. I've spent a lot of money over the years and in hindsight if a book like this one had been available I would have purchased it. It would have saved me money and work because setting these playsets were work and nothing like I remember as a kid playing with them. If you're a MARX toy enthusiast I believe you'll enjoy my books on these great toys. Thank you, Gary |
| marx western playsets: Battleground W.E.B. Griffin, 1991-09-01 W.E.B. Griffin is a bestselling phenomenom, an American master of authentic military action and drama! Now, in this electrifying new novel, he reveals the story of one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Pacific, the epic struggle for Guadalcanal...Daredevil pilot Charles Galloway learns the hard way how to command a fighter squadron. Lt. Joe Howard teams up with the Coastwatchers. Jack No Middle Initial Stecker leads his infantry battalion into the thickest of fighting, at a terrible price. And Navy Captain Pickering grabs a helmet and rifle to join the ranks at Guadalcanal... |
| marx western playsets: Western Towns Gary Toenges, 2018-03-28 I have revised my first publication to an 8.5 x 11 format. I have collected MARX Playsets for over thirty years. Until I retired they sat in my attic collecting dust. After I retired I dusted them off and set them up taking pictures which I then turned into books like this one. What I've learned from being a collector is this, at some point you have to do something with all this stuff. I've spent a lot of money over the years and in hindsight if a book like this one had been available I would have purchased it. It would have saved me money and work because setting these playsets were work and nothing like I remember as a kid playing with them. If you're a MARX toy enthusiast I believe you'll enjoy my books on these great toys. Thank you, Gary |
| marx western playsets: Toybox Time Machine: A Catalog of the Coolest Toys Never Made Marty Baumann, 2017-06-20 Recapture an innocent era of boundless commercial creativity in a beautifully illustrated tome featuring some of the greatest toys NEVER made (but wouldn’t your world have been a better place if they had been?). It's also a tribute to the unbridled imaginations and madcap design and illustrative skills of the toy creators who drew inspiration from the robots, movie monsters, comic books and military men that kids adored, as well as the limitless possibilities of the space age. Showcased in catalogs, comics, trading cards, drug store and department store displays, somehow these geniuses knew what we wanted before we did. Marty Baumann has drawn inspiration from these incredible creators and extrapolated on those outlandish and appealing ideas, developing and illustrating an amazing array of fictional toys that reflect that optimistic era. |
| marx western playsets: Rack Toys Brian Heiler, 2021-08-06 A love-letter to fun toys that broke real easy, Rack Toys chronicles decades of cheaply made toys found on the rack of discount stores, drug stores and anywhere in-between. What these toys lacked in quality, they made up for in charm and kitsch. |
| marx western playsets: Dinosaur Collectibles Dana Cain, Mike Fredericks, 1999 This colorful guide covers dinosaur toys through the ages, as well as memorabilia from movies, cartoons, and TV sitcoms. Includes some 3,000 toys, movie posters, action figures, fast food premium giveaways, model kits, and even a few fossils. |
| marx western playsets: Crockett's Devil Evan Lewis, 2021-12-18 Davy Crockett has a Devil in his heart: The Time: 1813. The Place: The Mississippi Territory. The Problem: Rebelling Creek warriors, under war chief Red Eagle, spread terror across the frontier, slaughtering settlers and peaceful Creeks alike. The Solution: Kill Red Eagle! But Davy Crockett disagrees. He sees Red Eagle as the young nation’s best hope for peace, and risks his hair—and his life—to stop the fighting. Standing in his way are: General Andrew Jackson, seeking glory to restart his political career. A Militia Commander leading some of the most brutal killers in the South. A Revolutionary War hero offering a bounty for Creek scalps. Davy’s best friend, who demands vengeance for his family. An Indian Princess who lost her mother to Red Eagle’s war. Red Eagle himself and his thousand bloodthirsty warriors. And most of all, Crockett’s Devil, an inner demon threatening all his hopes. Can Davy best them all and bring peace to the wild frontier? |
| marx western playsets: Malaeska Ann Sophia Stephens, 1929 Set in the colonial northeastern United States, this is the story of the interracial relationship of a Native American woman and a white hunter. |
| marx western playsets: Little Wars H. G. Wells, 2022-03-02 Despite being a pacifist, Wells masterfully explains and gathers all the prerequisites for waging a war... with toy soldiers. ‘Little Wars’ can be said to be the original instruction manual for how to run a tabletop battle. Satire and pacifist views blend in this narrative that expresses Wells' idea that wars should be waged on the dining room floor rather than among the corpse-ridden trenches of Europe. The book’s influence on modern warfare manuals and board games is indisputable, as tabletop conflicts are conducted to this day. Wells portrays the harrowing nature of war, but his humour ensures the book remains an entertaining read. The whimsical writing and stunning sketches create a book that should be read by all fans of tabletop war games. H. G. Wells (1866-1946) was a celebrated English writer, remembered mostly for his science fiction works. Often described as a futurist, H. G. Wells’ influence cannot be overstated for his works foresaw many technological innovations such as space travel, the atomic bomb, and the Internet. A four-time Nobel Prize in Literature nominee, Wells explored a wide array of themes in his works, from religion to social criticism and beyond. Some of his best works include the time-travel novel ‘The Time Machine’, the sci-fi adventure novel ‘The Island of Dr. Moreau’, and the mankind-versus-aliens novel ‘The War of the Worlds’. Wells occupies one of the central seats in the canon of science-fiction literature and his writing inspired other celebrated authors such as Ray Bradbury and Philip K. Dick. Wells’ stories are still widely read to this day and have had numerous cinematic adaptations including ‘The Invisible Man’ starring Elisabeth Moss. |
| marx western playsets: Fort Apache: the King of Playsets Russell Kern, 2015-07-28 |
| marx western playsets: Warman's Americana and Collectibles Harry L. Rinker, Jr., 1993 For more than ten years Warman's Americana & Collectibles has served as the leader in documenting and valuing twentieth-century collectibles ... |
| marx western playsets: Gobots on Earth Robin Snyder, 1984 As the battle between the Guardian and Renegade GoBots moves to Earth, each side establishes contact with a human ally. |
| marx western playsets: Black Women of the Old West William Loren Katz, 2010-05-11 Black women were always part of America's westward expansion. Some escaped slavery to live with the Native Americans, while others traveled west after the Civil War to settle the new lands. They came as servants and as independent pioneers struggling to make a life in the wilderness. Brief text and extraordinary photos record many of the black women who went West to find a new life for themselves and their families. |
| marx western playsets: Antiques Roadshow Collectibles Carol Prisant, 2003-01-01 Offers tips on identifying, collecting, and caring for furniture, photographs, posters and illustration art, costume jewelry and wristwatches, dolls, toys, advertising and sports memorabilia, and glass and pottery. |
| marx western playsets: War of the GoBots Robin Snyder, 1984 The battle between the Guardian and the Renegade GoBots moves to Earth when the Renegades disrupt a space shuttle mission. |
| marx western playsets: The Two-Gun Man Charles Alden Seltzer, 2020-08-11 Reproduction of the original: The Two-Gun Man by Charles Alden Seltzer |
| marx western playsets: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Minicomic Collection Various, 2015-11-03 The toy juggernaut Masters of the Universe and its subsequent action figure lines featured memorable pack-in minicomics that aided in playtime for children across the world. This oversized hardcover collection features sixty-eight U.S. releases, including all minicomics from the '80s Masters of the Universe line, the '80s Princess of Power line, and the '80s and '90s He-Man line, plus an introduction to the minicomics in the current Masters of the Universe Classics toy line. Relive the illustrated adventures that fueled your imagination! Over 1000 pages of minicomics collected for the first time featuring interviews with the original comics creators! |
| marx western playsets: A New Approach to Figure Drawing William Anthony, 1965 |
| marx western playsets: Little Big World Jeffrey Hammond, 2010-04-15 Collections are more about who one is than about what is collected. In Little Big World, Jeffrey Hammond's resonant 1950Æs inner child speaks through the reflective sixty-something man about the culture and magic of a spectrum of action figure playsets through a lifetime.ùMarilynn Gelfman Karp, author, In Flagrante Collecto |
| marx western playsets: Toy Monster Jerry Oppenheimer, 2009-02-17 An eye-popping, unauthorized exposé of the House of Barbie from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Kardashians and Crazy Rich. From Boise to Beijing, Mattel’s toys dominate the universe. Its no fun-and-games marketing muscle reaches some 140 countries, and its iconic products have been a part of our culture for generations. Now, in this intriguing and entertaining exposé, New York Times–bestselling author Jerry Oppenheimer places the world’s largest toy company under a journalistic microscope, uncovering the dark side of toy land, and exploring Mattel’s oddball corporate culture and eccentric, often bizarre, cast of characters. Based on exclusive interviews and an exhaustive review of public and private records, Toy Monster exposes Mattel’s take-no-prisoners, shark-infested corporate style. Throughout this scrupulously reported, unauthorized portrait, you’ll discover how dangerous toys are actually nothing new to Mattel, and why its fearsomely litigious approach within the brutal toy business has helped their products dominate potential rivals such as Bratz. Engaging and accessible, Toy Monster shows you why today’s toy business isn’t always fun and games. “Oppenheimer . . . has now trained his sights on the world’s biggest toy company—its egos, scandals and flawed products. In his toyland, nothing is cute.” —The Wall Street Journal “Oppenheimer takes a tour of Mattel’s seamier side, highlighting its dubious corporate practices and kooky cast in this scathing portrait . . . Fast-paced and engaging, this exposé will absorb readers until the last page and will forever change the way they think about the company.” —Publishers Weekly “Thoroughly researched, beautifully written, Oppenheimer’s opus contains all the intrigue and drama of an epic novel.” —C. David Heymann, New York Times–bestselling author |
| marx western playsets: Gringo go home! Jay Horowitz, 2018-12-17 Un Gringo universitario de NYC, visita a Colombia durante los años 60. Lo vio como el paraíso del mundo con oportunidades económicas abundantes. La industria estaba aproximadamente 20 años atrás, y parecía la oportunidad de la vida para establecer una fábrica de juguetes moderna con modelos, mercadeo y tecnología de EE. UU. Su teoría fue válida, y su marca se convirtió a la más conocida, sin embargo la vida y cultura de Colombia no fue como la de NYC. El paraíso de los años 60 cambió a la época de la violencia de los años 70. Se presentaron aventuras inesperadas como la estafa, sobrevivir a la extorsion, el secuestro, un desfalco, el atentado y demás eventos que formaron parte de la vida en Colombia en los años 70. Por seguridad, regresó con su familia a los EE. UU. donde inició otro modelo de negocio exitoso, ofreciendo los moldes, maquinaria y tecnología para las fábricas de juguetes. A través de los años, éste negocio lo proyectó hacia México. Desafortunadamente, México pasó a vivir la misma situación en los años 2000 – 2020 que Colombia vivía durante los años 70 – 80 donde la corrupción y la violencia son parte de la vida cotidiana. Además de mostrar este episodio de su vida, el libro da la “inside story” de cómo realmente funcionan los negocios. Son modelos de negocios originales. La historia también analiza qué parte juega la suerte o la providencia en la vida. Finalmente, la emoción de nostalgia reconoce con cariño la música, películas, programas de TV de nuestra juventud, pero especialmente ¡los juguetes! Los niños de Colombia, de la “Generación Toyco” reconocerán sus favoritos. Una historia verídica, palabra por palabra. |
| marx western playsets: Aurora Model Kits Thomas Graham, 2006-07 Aurora created plastic model kits of all varieties, including monsters, historic sailing ships, sports cars, moon rockets, military and commercial aircraft, TV stars, comic book heroes, wildlife scenes, knights, and much more all included in this book. Over 450 color photographs enhance this comprehensive history and guide to Aurora models. Every model kit Aurora made is described in detail, along with information on reissues and current collectors market values. |
| marx western playsets: LEGO Studies Mark J.P. Wolf, 2014-11-13 Since the Automatic Binding Bricks that LEGO produced in 1949, and the LEGO System of Play that began with the release of Town Plan No. 1 (1955), LEGO bricks have gone on to become a global phenomenon, and the favorite building toy of children, as well as many an AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO). LEGO has also become a medium into which a wide number of media franchises, including Star Wars, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Batman, Superman, Lord of the Rings, and others, have adapted their characters, vehicles, props, and settings. The LEGO Group itself has become a multimedia empire, including LEGO books, movies, television shows, video games, board games, comic books, theme parks, magazines, and even MMORPGs. LEGO Studies: Examining the Building Blocks of a Transmedial Phenomenon is the first collection to examine LEGO as both a medium into which other franchises can be adapted and a transmedial franchise of its own. Although each essay looks at a particular aspect of the LEGO phenomenon, topics such as adaptation, representation, paratexts, franchises, and interactivity intersect throughout these essays, proposing that the study of LEGO as a medium and a media empire is a rich vein barely touched upon in Media Studies. |
| marx western playsets: The Gunning of America Pamela Haag, 2016-04-19 Americans have always loved guns. This special bond was forged during the American Revolution and sanctified by the Second Amendment. It is because of this exceptional relationship that American civilians are more heavily armed than the citizens of any other nation. Or so we're told. In The Gunning of America, historian Pamela Haag overturns this conventional wisdom. American gun culture, she argues, developed not because the gun was exceptional, but precisely because it was not: guns proliferated in America because throughout most of the nation's history, they were perceived as an unexceptional commodity, no different than buttons or typewriters. Focusing on the history of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, one of the most iconic arms manufacturers in America, Haag challenges many basic assumptions of how and when America became a gun culture. Under the leadership of Oliver Winchester and his heirs, the company used aggressive, sometimes ingenious sales and marketing techniques to create new markets for their product. Guns have never sold themselves; rather, through advertising and innovative distribution campaigns, the gun industry did. Through the meticulous examination of gun industry archives, Haag challenges the myth of a primal bond between Americans and their firearms. Over the course of its 150 year history, the Winchester Repeating Arms Company sold over 8 million guns. But Oliver Winchester-a shirtmaker in his previous career-had no apparent qualms about a life spent arming America. His daughter-in-law Sarah Winchester was a different story. Legend holds that Sarah was haunted by what she considered a vast blood fortune, and became convinced that the ghosts of rifle victims were haunting her. She channeled much of her inheritance, and her conflicted conscience, into a monstrous estate now known as the Winchester Mystery House, where she sought refuge from this ever-expanding army of phantoms. In this provocative and deeply-researched work of narrative history, Haag fundamentally revises the history of arms in America, and in so doing explodes the clichéthat have created and sustained our lethal gun culture. |
| marx western playsets: Space Craze Margaret A. Weitekamp, 2022-10-18 A space historian's tour through astounding spaceflight history and the Smithsonian's collection of space and science fiction memorabilia Winner of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' 2024 Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award Spanning from the 1929 debut of the futuristic Buck Rogers to present-day privatization of spaceflight, Space Craze celebrates America's endless enthusiasm for space exploration. Author Margaret Weitekamp, curator at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, writes with warmth and personal experience to guide readers through extraordinary spaceflight history while highlighting objects from the Smithsonian's spaceflight collection. Featuring historical milestones in space exploration, films and TV shows, literature and comic strips, toys and games, and internet communities, Space Craze is a sci-fi lover's dream. The book investigates how spaceflight, both real and imagined, has served as the nexus where contemporary American concerns, such as race, gender, sexuality, freedom, and national identity, have been explored and redefined. Chronological chapters include: Chapter 1: Buck Rogers, Ray Guns, and the Space Frontier Chapter 2: Space Forts, Television, and the Cold War Mindset Chapter 3: John Glenn, the Apollo Program, and Fluctuating Spaceflight Enthusiasm Chapter 4: Star Trek, Star Wars, and Burgeoning Fandoms Chapter 5: Generation X, the Space Shuttle, and Promoting Education Chapter 6: Space Stations, Spaceflight Enthusiasm, and Online Fandom Chapter 7: Streaming Services, Battling Billionaires, and Accelerated Change From the almost 650 million viewers who tuned in to watch the first steps on the Moon, to the ardent Star Trek fandom that burgeoned into a cultural force, Space Craze taps into the country’s enduring love affair with space. |
| marx western playsets: Toy Soldiers James Opie, 1990-01-01 |
| marx western playsets: Tinseltown Tarot , 2022-05-10 Visit the glamorous past to peek into the future. Forget the crystal ball – try the silver screen! This shimmering deck will beckon you back to a time of dazzling stars, glimmering boudoirs, and overflowing champagne. And hey: if your cards ain’t looking so swell – just turn on one of your favorite flicks and audition for a better fate tomorrow. |
| marx western playsets: Funny Little Wars Padre Paul Wright, 2014-01-30 Author Paul Wright has written an instant classic already receiving wide praise from readers and hobby magazine editors. FLW both leads and follows the growing interest in 54mm (1:32) war games and figures. Written in part as a tribute to HG Wells' ground breaking Little Wars, FLW is a much expanded and broadened modernization. There is a fascinating chapter devoted to Wells the Man and his journey with his Little Wars from inception to the day in 1916 when he put the game away for good. For Wells' fans, the author may surprise with information you did not know, or could even guess. Retaining many of Wells' original rules (spring-loaded toy cannon, etc), there are additional rules for Shell Bursts, machine guns, observation balloons and aircraft, field hospitals, supply wagons and dumps, spies, military bands, unit Colors and Standards, Brigade and Division Commands, hidden movement, skirmishers, snipers, signals, morale, variable effects of terrain and more. Infantry units are 20 figures strong, Cavalry 12, and Artillery can appear as single Guns with crews, or as Batteries up to three strong. From 2 to 4 such units typically form a Brigade, the perfect command for each Player. Two or more Brigades form a Division, allowing a Player to act as his side's C-in-C. Brigade and Divisional HQ's are represented by variable numbers of Staff and ADC's, marching on foot, mounted on prancing steeds, or even seated in Rolls Royce, Cadillac, Renault, or other grand Staff Cars from the Golden Age of Motoring. These HQ's send orders to the units on the firing line, and back to the Brigadiers and Generals, come reports from scouts--and desperate messages from the front delivered by Runners-- and even Pigeons! There is far less abstraction in Funny Little Wars on your lawn than on the traditional table top, yet games can be played there as well. Toy soldiers can range from antique and modern Collectibles, to readily available plastics. There are detailed lists for 14 different Armies identified by their Colors (Army Red, Army Black, Army Red/Gold, etc) with complete information to build your favorites. Each Army has unique strengths and weaknesses, and a personality suggesting its historical counterpart. FLW represents the years prior WW I, when war was still romantic, the uniforms were dashing, and the Generals still waltzed. The rules reflect the late Victorian/Edwardian spirit in both substance and his delightful writing style. Designed for The Better Sort of Chap, the book contains suggestions for proper Dress during the game, etiquette on the field, and more. Nor are the Ladies and Girls of the better sort forgotten. The authors's Wife, Georgina, provides a charming account of a proper dinner served after an especially Gentlemanly game at Dover Castle during one golden Summer. The Basic Rules actually occupy only 10 pages, but the many Optional Rules allow players to set their own levels of play. There are lists of providers of toy soldiers in every price range, as well as accessories. Sections describe how to set up a yard, park, beach, etc, to be your Battlefield. Rules for basing figures are flexible, there are no complex rules, with only 6 sided dice and measuring tapes required--and a beautiful day under the shade of the trees. Childlike, but never childish, FLW returns to the Hobby's roots as we play once more with toy soldiers as we did as kids. There are optional record sheets included, many color photos of toy soldiers at play throughout, and the author's wit, charm, unabashed love of toy soldiers. Read Funny Little Wars and relive a time when the world was young! |
| marx western playsets: Toys [braille] Debbie Bailey, 1992 |
| marx western playsets: Warman's Americana & Collectibles Harry L. Rinker, 1995 |
| marx western playsets: Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture Frank Hoffmann, Frederick J Augustyn, Jr, Martin J Manning, 2013-10-08 Keep the information you need on playthings and pop culture at your fingertips! The Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture is an A-to-Z reference guide to the playthings that amused us as children and fascinate us as adults. This enlighteningand entertainingresource, complete with cross-references, provides easy access to concise but detailed descriptions that place toys and board games in their social and cultural contexts. From action figures to yo-yos, the book is your tour guide through the museum of sought-after collectibles and forgotten treasures that mirror the fads and fashions that helped define pop culture in the United States. The Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture is a historical, yet current, reflection of society’s ever-changing attitudes toward childhood and its cultural touchstones. The book is filled with physical descriptions of each entry, including size, color, and material composition, and the age group most often associated with the item. It also includes biographical sketches of inventors, manufacturers, and distributors a virtual Who’s Who of the American toy industry, including Milton Bradley, Walt Disney, and Jim Henson. With a brief glimpse through its pages or a lengthy look from cover to cover, you’ll discover (or re-discover) real hero action figures, toys with commercial tie-ins, fast-food promotional giveaways, penny prize package toys, and advertising icons and characters in addition to beloved toys and board games like Etch-a-Sketch®, Lincoln Logs®, Colorforms®, Yahtzee®, and Burp Gun, the first toy advertised on nationwide television. The Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture presents easy-to-access and easy-to-read descriptions of such toys as: Barbie®, bendies, and Beanie Babies® Monopoly®, Mr. Machine®, and Mr. Potato Head Pez®, Plah-Doh®, and Pound Puppies® Scrabble®, Silly Putty®, and Slinky® Tiddly Winks®, Tinker Toys®, and Twister and looks at the people behind the scenes of the biggest names in toys, including LEGO® (Ole Kirk Christiansen) Fisher-Price® (Homer G. Fisher) Mattel® (Ruth and Elliott Handler) Hasbro (Alan, Merrill, and Stephen Hassenfeld) Toys R Us® (Charles Lazarus) Parker Brothers® (Edward and George Parker) F.A.O. Schwartz (Frederick Schwartz) Kenner® (Albert Steiner) Tonka® (Russell L. Wenkstern) The Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture also includes an index and a selected bibliography to meet your casual or professional research needs. Faster (and more entertaining) than searching through a vast assortment of Web sites for information, the book is a vital resource for librarians, toy collectors and appraisers, popular culture enthusiasts, and anyone with an interest in toyspast and present. |
| marx western playsets: Warman's Americana & Collectibles Ellen Tischbein Schroy, 1997 An illustrated guide to collectibles, including collecting hints, histories, references, clubs and museums. |
| marx western playsets: The Official Rinker Price Guide to Collectibles Harry L. Rinker, 2000-10-10 This fourth edition of the Harry L. Rinker Official Price Guide to Collectibles has more coverage of collectibles than any other book on the market. Here you'll find furniture, decorative accessories, and giftware along with the traditional character and personality items, ceramic, glass, and toys. Each category includes a brief history, collecting tips, reference books, periodicals, collector clubs, and vital information on reproductions. It's a complete document of the 20th-century American lifestyle. |
| marx western playsets: Skylanders Trap Team , 2015 |
| marx western playsets: Kids' Stuff Gary Cross, 1999-11-15 To sort out who's who and what's what in the enchanting, vexing world of Barbies(R) and Ninja Turtles(R), Tinkertoys(R) and teddy bears, is to begin to see what's become of childhood in America. It is this changing world, and what it unveils about our values, that Gary Cross explores in Kids' Stuff, a revealing look into the meaning of American toys through this century. Early in the 1900s toys reflected parents' ideas about children and their futures. Erector sets introduced boys to a realm of business and technology, while baby dolls anticipated motherhood and building blocks honed the fine motor skills of the youngest children. Kids' Stuff chronicles the transformation that occurred as the interests and intentions of parents, children, and the toy industry gradually diverged--starting in the 1930s when toymakers, marketing playthings inspired by popular favorites like Shirley Temple and Buck Rogers, began to appeal directly to the young. TV advertising, blockbuster films like Star Wars(R), and Saturday morning cartoons exploited their youthful audience in new and audacious ways. Meanwhile, powerful social and economic forces were transforming the nature of play in American society. Cross offers a richly textured account of a culture in which erector sets and baby dolls are no longer alone in preparing children for the future, and in which the toys that now crowd the racks are as perplexing for parents as they are beguiling for little boys and girls. Whether we want our children to be high achievers in a competitive world or playful and free from the worries of adult life, the toy store confronts us with many choices. What does the endless array of action figures and fashion dolls mean? Are children--or parents--the dupes of the film, television, and toy industries, with their latest fads and fantasies? What does this say about our time, and what does it bode for our future? Tapping a vein of rich cultural history, Kids' Stuff exposes the serious business behind a century of playthings. |
Karl Marx - Wikipedia
Karl Marx [a] (German: [ˈkaʁl ˈmaʁks]; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist.
Karl Marx | Books, Theory, Beliefs, Children, Communism, Religion ...
Jun 5, 2025 · Karl Marx (1818–83) was a revolutionary, socialist, historian, and economist who wrote the works, including Das Kapital and (with Friedrich Engels) The Communist Manifesto, …
Karl Marx - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Aug 26, 2003 · Karl Marx (1818–1883) is often treated as an activist rather than a philosopher, a revolutionary whose works inspired the foundation of communist regimes in the twentieth century.
Karl Marx - Communist Manifesto, Theories & Beliefs - HISTORY
Nov 9, 2009 · Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a German philosopher and economist who became a social revolutionary as co-author of "The C...
Karl Marx Sociologist: Contributions and Theory - Simply Psychology
Feb 13, 2024 · Karl Marx was a German philosopher interested in exploring the relationship between the economy and the people working within the economic system. Marx’s theory was …
An Introduction to the Work of Marx - Karl Marx
Marx’s work is generally divided into two periods: the more philosophical, idealist, early Marx; and the more mature, scientific, and materialist Marx.
Karl Marx: Biography, The Communist Manifesto, Quotes & Facts
Aug 8, 2023 · German philosopher and revolutionary socialist Karl Marx published 'The Communist Manifesto' and 'Das Kapital,' anticapitalistic works that form the basis of Marxism.
Marxism | Definition, History, Ideology, Examples, & Facts
May 13, 2025 · Marxism, a body of doctrine developed by Karl Marx and, to a lesser extent, by Friedrich Engels in the mid-19th century. It originally consisted of three related ideas: a …
Karl Marx: His Books, Theories, and Impact - Investopedia
May 7, 2024 · Karl Marx was a 19th-century philosopher, author, and economist famous for his ideas about capitalism and communism. He was the father of Marxism.
Karl Marx - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Aug 26, 2003 · Trained as a philosopher, Marx turned away from philosophy in his mid-twenties, towards economics and politics.
Karl Marx - Wikipedia
Karl Marx [a] (German: [ˈkaʁl ˈmaʁks]; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist.
Karl Marx | Books, Theory, Beliefs, Children, Communism, Religion ...
Jun 5, 2025 · Karl Marx (1818–83) was a revolutionary, socialist, historian, and economist who wrote the works, including Das Kapital and (with Friedrich Engels) The Communist Manifesto, …
Karl Marx - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Aug 26, 2003 · Karl Marx (1818–1883) is often treated as an activist rather than a philosopher, a revolutionary whose works inspired the foundation of communist regimes in the twentieth century.
Karl Marx - Communist Manifesto, Theories & Beliefs - HISTORY
Nov 9, 2009 · Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a German philosopher and economist who became a social revolutionary as co-author of "The C...
Karl Marx Sociologist: Contributions and Theory - Simply Psychology
Feb 13, 2024 · Karl Marx was a German philosopher interested in exploring the relationship between the economy and the people working within the economic system. Marx’s theory was …
An Introduction to the Work of Marx - Karl Marx
Marx’s work is generally divided into two periods: the more philosophical, idealist, early Marx; and the more mature, scientific, and materialist Marx.
Karl Marx: Biography, The Communist Manifesto, Quotes & Facts
Aug 8, 2023 · German philosopher and revolutionary socialist Karl Marx published 'The Communist Manifesto' and 'Das Kapital,' anticapitalistic works that form the basis of Marxism.
Marxism | Definition, History, Ideology, Examples, & Facts
May 13, 2025 · Marxism, a body of doctrine developed by Karl Marx and, to a lesser extent, by Friedrich Engels in the mid-19th century. It originally consisted of three related ideas: a …
Karl Marx: His Books, Theories, and Impact - Investopedia
May 7, 2024 · Karl Marx was a 19th-century philosopher, author, and economist famous for his ideas about capitalism and communism. He was the father of Marxism.
Karl Marx - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Aug 26, 2003 · Trained as a philosopher, Marx turned away from philosophy in his mid-twenties, towards economics and politics.
