Black Dolls An Identification and Value Guide 1820-1991

  • Author(s): Myla Perkins
  • Category: Toys, Dolls, Games & Puzzles
  • Publisher: Collector Books
  • Publish year: 1992
  • ISBN: 9780891455158
  • Number of Pages: 348

The importance of black dolls as playthings for children cannot be stressed enough. However, the idea of black dolls representing the black population of our society is not new. Black dolls have been available commercially to some extent, often very limited, since the second quarter of the nineteenth century. Handmade black dolls have been used as far back as one can practically go in our African history.

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Table of Contents:

Cover

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEDICATION

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

GENERAL INDEX