Nurture of Nature

Childhood, Antimodernism, and Ontario Summer Camps, 1920-55

AvSharon Wall

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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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.Wall examines how two competing tendencies – antimodern nostalgia and modern sensibilities about the landscape, child rearing, and identity – played out in the camp's interaction with nature, its class and gendered dimensions, its engagement with emerging ideologies of childhood, and in the politics of race inherent in its "Indian" programming.The Nurture of Nature offers a fascinating discussion of the summer camp's contribution to modern social life that will appeal to students and practitioners of the history of childhood, the natural environment, and recreation or anyone who has been packed off to camp and wants to explore why.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-05-10
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:700 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Nature | History | Society
Antal sidor:392
Förlag:University of British Columbia Press
ISBN:9780774816397
Utmärkelser:Winner of Clio Prize (Ontario), Canadian Historical Association 2010 (Canada)

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Sharon Wall is an assistant professor of history at the University of Winnipeg.

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"The Nurture of Nature represents a major study of an important but neglected subject. It is an important contribution to the study of leisure and recreation in Canada, to the understanding of the character of modernity, and to the history of summer camps. - Keith Walden, Department of History, Trent University"

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword: Modernism in Camp: A Wilderness Paradox / Graeme WynnIntroduction1 Back to Nature: Escaping the City, Ordering the Wild2 Socialism for the Rich: Class Formation at the Private Camp3 "All they need is air": Building Health, Shaping Class at the Fresh Air Camp4 Making Modern Childhood, the Natural Way: The Camp Experiment with Psychology, Mental Hygiene, and Progressive Education5 Shaping True Natures in Nature: Camping, Gender, and Sexuality6 Totem Poles, Tepees, and Token Traditions: "Playing Indian" at CampConclusion: All Antimodern Melts into Modern?NotesBibliographyIndex