A great resource for the historical study of play is:
Brian Sutton-Smith, (1972) "The Folkgames of Children", Univeristy of Texas
Press, Austin and London
The whole Section I (pp. 1-258) is called: Historical Approaches. It gives
you, among other things, classified descriptions of games as reported by
people who lived in the last century, at the turn of the century or in the
first part of the century. Most of the described plays and games happened in
New Zeland and North America. The book also contains excellent extensive
bibliographies for other sources on historical accounts of games and
children play.
Ana
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