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The Nature of Childhood : An Environmental History of Growing Up in America since 1865

"Today's organized efforts to lure children outdoors to green spaces signal growing concerns about American youths' deepening estrangement from nature. Covering the last century and a half, this environmental history of American childhood explains how and why we've come to this p...

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Autor principal: RineyKehrberg, Pamela
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Press of Kansas, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The Environmental Child; 1. The Environment and the Farm Child; 2. Urban Environments, Urban Children; 3. Teaching Nature Appreciation; 4. The Environmentally Aware Child at Midcentury; 5. Along the High Line; 6. Childhood Moves Indoors; 7. Reconnections and Reconsiderations; Notes; Bibliography; Index