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A manufactured wilderness : summer camps and the shaping of American youth, 1890-1960 /
Since they were first established in the 1880s, children's summer camps have touched the lives of millions of people. Why were summer camps created? What concerns and ideals motivated their founders? Whom did they serve? How did they change over time? What factors influenced their design? To an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Architecture, landscape, and American culture series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Since they were first established in the 1880s, children's summer camps have touched the lives of millions of people. Why were summer camps created? What concerns and ideals motivated their founders? Whom did they serve? How did they change over time? What factors influenced their design? To answer these and many other questions, this book looks at the most visible and evocative aspect of camp life: its landscape and architecture. It argues that summer camps delivered much more than a simple encounter with the natural world, but rather a man-made version of wilderness, shaped by middle-class anxieties. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxvii, 296 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-280) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1299919103 9781299919105 9780816674718 081667471X 9781452945989 1452945985 081664876X 9780816648764 0816648778 9780816648771 |