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Children's Nature : the Rise of the American Summer Camp.
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2008.
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| Colección: | American history and culture (New York University Press)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 the history of the American summer camp, from its invention in the late nineteenth century through its rise in the first four decades of the twentieth century. Leslie Paris investigates how camps came to matter so greatly to so many Americans, while providing a window onto the experiences of the children who a. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (376 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-346) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814768426 0814768423 |