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Index
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
Looking 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 Toys
Getting Around: Tin Canoes and Trolleys
Out of the Toy Box 4 A Golden Age? 1946–1960
Walter Nash Meets Walter Lines
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 Dolls
Rummaging 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
Little 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
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