LEADER 03200nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910778245303321 005 20230721032105.0 010 $a0-8147-6842-3 010 $a0-8147-6750-8 024 7 $a10.18574/nyu/9780814768426 035 $a(CKB)1000000000484163 035 $a(EBL)865803 035 $a(OCoLC)779828249 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000121195 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11147892 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121195 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10092589 035 $a(PQKB)10998461 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865803 035 $a(OCoLC)193471953 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10511 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865803 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10210082 035 $a(DE-B1597)547304 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814768426 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000484163 100 $a20070716d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChildren's nature$b[electronic resource] $ethe rise of the American summer camp /$fLeslie Paris 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (376 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican history and culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-6782-6 311 $a0-8147-6707-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 281-346) and index. 327 $aA warm history of modern childhood -- At work and at play : the making of camp "family" -- Small islands : the first summer camps -- "A home though away from home" : how parents, camp owners, and children forged camp networks -- Rituals of the season : the organization of camp community -- Between generations : tensions in the camp "family" -- Modernity and tradition in children's socialization -- Is it progress? modernity and authenticity in camp life -- Tans, tepees, and minstrel shows : race, primitivism, and camp community -- The pioneer ideal : camp history, American history, children's history -- Conclusion : "I had to go on in life" : from camp to childhood nostalgia. 330 $aFor over a century, summer camps have provided many American children's first experience of community beyond their immediate family and neighborhoods. Each summer, children experience the pain of homesickness, learn to swim, and sit around campfires at night. Children's Nature chronicles the history of the American summer camp, from its invention in the late nineteenth century through its rise in the first four decades of the twentieth century. Leslie Paris investigates how camps came to matter so greatly to so many Americans, while providing a window onto the experiences of the children who a 410 0$aAmerican history and culture (New York University Press) 606 $aCamps$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aChildren$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aCamps$xHistory. 615 0$aChildren$xHistory. 676 $a796.54/20973 700 $aParis$b Leslie$01564856 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778245303321 996 $aChildren's nature$93834139 997 $aUNINA