DIVThrough a study of industry publications over much of the century, shows how the U.S. children’s clothing industry produced increasingly refined categories

Examines the Protestant origins of motherhood and the child consumer Throughout history, the responsibility for children’s moral well-being has fallen into th

"Even as they see their wages go down and their buying power decrease, many parents are still putting their kids' material desires first. These parents struggle

During 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

America is a corporatized society defined by a culture of consumerism, and the youth market is one of the groups that corporations target most. By marketing dir