Hello girls and boys! : a New Zealand toy story /: a New Zealand toy story. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Veart ; author photograph, Emily Raftery ; book design, Katrina Duncan ; cover photography, Nigel Gardiner ; cover design, Gideon Keith.
• Authors: Veart, David
• Other Names: Raftery, Emily photographer.; Duncan, Katrina designer.; Gardiner, Nigel cover designer.; Keith, Gideon cover designer.
• Contents: Cover Page; Title Page; Contents; Introduction; Out of the Toy Box 1 Toys from the Waka; Flying a Kite; On Top; Sharing: Toys for Māori and Pākehā; Out of the Toy Box 2 New Arrivals, 1840-1900; Required on the Voyage; Toys on the Manifest; Mooking Good: Optical Toys; Entertaining the Wild Children; Beloved and Broken Dolls; Sailing Boats and Riding Horses; Playing Together: Marbles and Knucklebones; Out of the Toy Box 3 Toys in Depression & War, 1900-1945; Making It: Meccano in New Zealand; On Track: Hornby Trains; Dolls' Houses; Dolls and the Cult of Domesticity; Painted Pieces of Wood. War and the Consolation of ToysGetting Around: Tin Canoes and Trolleys; Out of the Toy Box 4 A Golden Age? 1946-1960; Walter Nash Meets Walter Mines; Facing the Great Post-war Train Famine; Miniature Modern: Dolls' Houses after 1945; The New Zealand Board of Trade and the Toy Inquiry; Telling Toy Tales; Toy Makers in Fortress New Zealand; Luvme and Cuddly Toys for All; Plasticine, Playway and Toys to Teach; Crazes; Come Fly with Me; Out of the Toy Box 5 Toys to the World, 1960s-1970s; The Big Four: Lincoln, Tonka, Torro and the End of Lines Bros; The Small Fish: Swimming Hard Right to the End. Māori DollsRummaging through the Ricies: Cereal Toys; Getting Around 2: Skateboards; Out of the Toy Box 6 The Elves & the Rogernomes, 1980s; The New Hard Sell; The War Against War Toys; Off with a Bang!; Counter Culture: The Toy Shops; Dolls Grow Up and the Rise and Rise of Girls' Toys; Out of the Toy Box 7 End Games, 1990s-2000s; Mittle Wars, Little Armies; The Great Survivor: Thos Holdsworth & Sons; Conclusion Toys in the Joined-up World; Notes; Sources & Further Reading; Acknowledgements; Image Credits; Index; Copyright Page; Backcover.
• Publisher Details: Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (320 pages), illustrations (some color), photographs
• Subjects: 338.4768872; Toy industry; Toy making; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General; Toy industry; Toy making; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781775587620; 1775587622; 1322198705; 9781322198705
• Related ISBNs: 9781869408213
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 22, 2014).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.