April 28, 2021

Toys in the Age of Wonder: Science Fiction, Society, and the Symbolism of Play

McFarland, 2020
By Mark Rich’80
Toys in the Age of Wonder: Science Fiction, Society, and the Symbolism of Play by Mark Rich'80

Exploring the realms of childhood, literature, science, and history, this innovative study weaves together the histories of wonder tales and children’s toys, focusing specifically on their modern aspects and how they reflect and express the social attitudes of the period beginning around 1957.

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Also In This Issue

  • Members of Beloit’s class of 1887 display their top hats at an unidentified photography studio. One hat, owned by classmate Amos Van Tassel, and shown on our cover, still resides in College Archives. We are grateful to Fred Burwell’86, Archivist Emeritus, for finding this photo and assisting with the following stories.

    Hats Off to Beloit

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  • “Culture Conscious: Briefings on Culture, Cognition, and Behavior” by Lawrence T. White, Professor

    Culture Conscious: Briefings on Culture, Cognition, and Behavior

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  • Student activists take over Middle College, turning it into a Black Cultural Center in 1969.

    Student Activists Make Their Mark

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  • Jenni Reinke’05 dances in the historic building her dance-theatre company is bringing back to life.

    Bringing Them Out of the Shadows

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On The Cover

A formal tip of the hat to celebrate Beloit’s 175th anniversary comes courtesy of an authentic Beloit top hat, now in College Archives, that belonged to a student named Amos Van Tassel, class of 1887.

This issue’s contributors

Todd Anderbyrne and Nicholas Doret’24.

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