American journal of play [electronic resource].
Material type:
Continuing resourcePublication details: Champaign, IL : University of Illinois Press; Rochester NY : StrongISSN: - 19380402
- 19380399
- Play -- Periodicals
- Play -- History -- Periodicals
- Play -- Social aspects -- Periodicals
- Play -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals
- Education -- Periodicals
- Play therapy -- Periodicals
- Recreation -- Periodicals
- Leisure -- Periodicals
- Folklore -- Periodicals
- Ethnology -- Periodicals
- Animal behavior -- Periodicals
CW028, CW718, CW748,
A forum for discussing the history, culture, and psychology of play. An interdisciplinary quarterly of Strong National Museum of Play, the journal aims to increase awareness and understanding of the role of play in learning and human development and the ways in which play illuminates cultural history.
"The American Journal of Play is intended for educators, psychologists, play therapists, sociologists, anthropologists, folklorists, historians, museum professionals, toy and game designers, policy makers, and others interested in children and the importance of play."
Published for the Strong National Museum of Play by the University of Illinois Press, 2008-2010; published by The Strong, 2011-
Description based on first issue; title from caption (publisher's Web site viewed on Dec. 8, 2008).