LEADER 03385oam 2200589I 450 001 9910154565303321 005 20230126214841.0 010 $a1-351-88495-6 010 $a1-138-27613-8 010 $a1-315-23807-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315238074 035 $a(CKB)3710000000965991 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4758837 035 $a(OCoLC)965444494 035 $a(BIP)63372391 035 $a(BIP)13716669 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000965991 100 $a20180706e20162008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe nineteenth-century child and consumer culture /$f[edited by] Dennis Denisoff 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (252 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aAshgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present 300 $a"First published 2008 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso. 311 08$a0-7546-6156-3 311 08$a1-351-88496-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Play things : toys and theater -- pt. 2. Consuming desires -- pt. 3. Adulthood and nationhood -- pt. 4. Children and the terrors of cultural consumption. 330 $aDuring the rise of consumer culture in the nineteenth century, children and childhood were called on to fulfill a range of important roles. In addition to being consumers themselves, the young functioned as both 'goods' to be used and consumed by adults and as proof that middle-class materialist ventures were assisting in the formation of a more ethical society. Children also provided necessary labor and raw material for industry. This diverse collection addresses the roles assigned to children in the context of nineteenth-century consumer culture, at the same time that it remains steadfast in recognizing that the young did not simply exist within adult-articulated cultural contexts but were agents in their formation. Topics include toys and middle-class childhood; boyhood and toy theater; child performers on the Victorian stage; gender, sexuality and consumerism; imperialism in adventure fiction; the idealization of childhood as a form of adult entertainment and self-flattery; the commercialization of orphans; and the economics behind formulations of child poverty. Together, the essays demonstrate the rising investment both children and adults made in commodities as sources of identity and human worth. 410 0$aAshgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present. 606 $aConsumption (Economics)$xSocial aspects$zGreat Britain 606 $aConsumer behavior$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aChild consumers$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aChild welfare$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xSocial conditions$y19th century 615 0$aConsumption (Economics)$xSocial aspects 615 0$aConsumer behavior$xHistory 615 0$aChild consumers$xHistory 615 0$aChild welfare$xHistory 676 $a306.3094109034 701 $aDenisoff$b Dennis$f1961-$01213018 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154565303321 996 $aThe nineteenth-century child and consumer culture$92801264 997 $aUNINA