Children's Nature: The Rise of the American Summer Camp - Paperback
by Leslie Paris
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Availability:In StockContributor:Leslie ParisSeries:American History and Culture #5Publish date:5/10/2010Pages:364
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9780814767825ISBN-10:814767826UPC:9780814767825Book Category:History, Social Science, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:United States, Children's Studies, CampingSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCWEWJS912
Children's Nature: The Rise of the American Summer Camp
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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9780814767825ISBN-10:814767826UPC:9780814767825Book Category:History, Social Science, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:United States, Children's Studies, CampingSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCWEWJS912
Paris, Leslie: - Leslie Paris is Associate Professor of History at the University of British Columbia.
Publisher: New York University Press
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