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The nurture of nature childhood, antimodernism, and Ontario summer camps, 1920-55

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  • Author: Wall, Sharon
    Date:
    Copyrighted
    2009
    Summary:

    Thousands of children attended summer camps in twentieth-century Ontario. Did parents simply want a break, or were broader developments at play? The Nurture of Nature explores the history of summer camps and sheds light on a wider phenomenon: the divided consciousness that informs modern assumptions about nature, technology, and identity.

    Contents:
    • Back to nature: escaping the city, ordering the wild
    • Socialism for the rich: class formation at the private camp
    • "All they need is air": building health, shaping class at the fresh air camp
    • Making modern childhood the natural way: the camp experiment with psychology, mental hygiene, and progressive education
    • Shaping true natures in nature: camping, gender, and sexuality
    • Totem poles, tepees, and token traditions: "playing Indian" at camp.
    Subject(s): 20th century | Camping | Camps | History | Ontario | Outdoor recreation for children | Social aspects
    Original Publisher: Vancouver, UBC Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 0774816392, 9780774816397, 9780774816410