Children's Nature : : The Rise of the American Summer Camp / / Leslie Paris.
For over a century, summer camps have provided many American children's first experience of community beyond their immediate family and neighborhoods. Each summer, children experience the pain of homesickness, learn to swim, and sit around campfires at night. Children's Nature chronicles t...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2008] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | American History and Culture ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A Warm History of Modern Childhood
- Part I At Work and at Play The Making of Camp “Family”
- 1 Small Islands: The First Summer Camps
- 2 “A Home Though Away from Home”: How Parents, Camp Owners, and Children Forged Camp Networks
- 3 Rituals of the Season: The Organization of Camp Community
- 4 Between Generations: Tensions in the Camp “Family”
- Part II Modernity and Tradition in Children’s Socialization
- 5 Is It Progress? Modernity and Authenticity in Camp Life
- 6 Tans, Tepees, and Minstrel Shows: Race, Primitivism, and Camp Community
- 7 The Pioneer Ideal: Camp History, American History, Children’s History
- Conclusion “I Had to Go On in Life”: From Camp to Childhood Nostalgia
- Abbreviations of Archives
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author