The Cambridge handbook of play: developmental and disciplinary perspectives

Editorial introduction / Peter K. Smith and Jaipaul L. Roopnarine

New directions in studying the evolution of play / Gordon M. Burghardt and Sergio M. Pellis

The neurochemistry of social play behavior in rats / Viviana Trezza, E. J. Marijke Achterberg, and Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren

Fun, fur, and future fitness: the evolution of play in mammals / Lynda L. Sharpe

Non-human primate social play: coping with costs / Akie Yanagi and Carol Berman

Evolutionary functions of play: practice, resilience, innovation, and cooperation / Peter Gray

Human-animal play: play with pets / Gail F. Melson

Infant sensorimotor play: development of sociocultural competence and enactive cognition / Doris Bergen

Mother-child and father-child play in different cultural contexts / Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, Elif Dede Yildirim, and Kimberly L. Davidson

Object use in childhood: development and possible functions / Anthony D. Pellegrini

Pretend and social pretent play: complexities, continuities, and controversies of a research field / Ageliki Nicolopoulou

Rough play: past, present, and potential / Jennifer L. Hart and Michelle T. Tannock

Playing games with rules in early child care and beyond / Ditte Winther-Lindqvist

Troublesome binaries: play and learning on screen and off / Fiona Scott

Playing and imagining across the life course: a sociocultural perspective / Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur and Artin Göncü

Children at play in Western Europe, 1500-1800 / Linda Pollock

Play in foraging societies / Adam Howell Boyette

Play in South American indigenous children / Yumi Gosso, Briseida D. Resende, and Ana M. A. Carvalho

Play in societies influenced by Confucian values / Eunjoo Jung and Sophia Han

Classic theories of play / Thomas S. Henricks

Brian Sutton-Smith's views on play / Anna Beresin, Fraser Brown, and Michael M. Patte

Methods of studying play / James E. Johnson and Pool Ip Dong

Play and learning in everyday family contexts / Marilyn Fleer

Leading children in their "leading activity": a Vygotskian approach to play / Elena Bodrova, Deborah J. Leong, Carrie Germeroth, and Crystal Day-Hess

The adult as a mediator of development in children's play / Pentti Hakkarainen and Milda Bredikyte

Play, learning, and teaching in early childhood education / Niklas Pramling, Anne Kultti, and Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson

Toddler's play in early childhood education settings / Maritta Hännikäinen and Hilkka Munter

Adult and child learning in playworlds / Beth Ferholt, Robert Lecusay, and Monica Nilsson

Play and literacy: knowns and unknowns in a changing world / Kathleen Roskos

The problems of play / Susan Engel

Play and children with autism: insights from research and implications for practice / Despina Papoudi and Lila Kossyvaki

Play and children with sensory impairments / P. Margaret Brown and Anna Bortoli

Play and children with physical impairments / Cynthia J. Cress

A typology of play in medical settings / Colleen Baish Cameron and Michael M. Patte

Play therapy: an introduction to theory and practice / Elise Cuschieri

Political violence (war and terrorism) and children's play / Esther Cohen

Play spaces, indoors and out / John A. Sutterby

Recess: supporting a culture of meaningful play at school / Lauren McNamara

Playwork: a unique way of working with children / Fraser Brown, Alexandra Long, and Mike Wragg

The right to childhood and the ethos of play / Lacey E. Peters and Beth Blue Swadener.