Children's Nature: The Rise of the American Summer Camp
(Part of the American History and Culture Series Series)
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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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0814767079
ISBN13:9780814767078
Release Date:January 2008
Publisher:New York University Press
Length:364 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.1"
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