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Designed for Play
Children’s Playgrounds and the Politics of Urban Space, 1840–2010
by Jon Winder
An original and accessible history of the modern playground in Britain and beyond. Charting its journey from marginal obscurity to popular ubiquity, Designed for Play demonstrates how a diverse set of actors across the philanthropic, voluntary, state and commercial sectors all sought to reimagine and reshape the urban landscape to improve childhood outcomes.
Background image: Children Playing at the Foundlings Site Playing Fields by Marshall, 1936 © Daily Herald Archive / Science Museum Group
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Image Image Figure 1.2. Giant’s stride, Bayliss Jones and Bayliss Ltd, 1912
Image Figure 1.3. Little Dorrit’s playground by H. Seppings Wright in the Illustrated London News, 8 February 1902, p. 208
Image Figure 2.1. Regulation playground outfits, Spencer, Heath and George Ltd, no date
Image Figure 2.2. Gymnasia for parks, Bayliss Jones and Bayliss Ltd, 1912
Image Figure 2.3. Wooden slides, c.1920
Image Figure 2.4. Large swings, c.1920
Image Figure 3.1. Children’s traffic playground, Tottenham, 1938
Image Figure 3.2. Children playing in sandpits, Victoria Park, London, 1893
Image Figure 4.1. Children’s playground, Caryl Garden Flats, Liverpool, by J.E. Marsh, 1940
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- isbn9781914477683
- issn3049-5105
- publisherUniversity of London
- publisher placeLondon
- restrictions
- rights© Jon Winder 2024
- rights holderJon Winder
- rights territoryWorld
- series titleNew Historical Perspectives
- doi
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