{"product_id":"the-nurture-of-nature-childhood-antimodernism-and-ontario-summer-camps-1920-55-paperback-softback-9780774816403","title":"The Nurture of Nature; Childhood, Antimodernism, and Ontario Summer Camps, 1920-55 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780774816403","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Nurture of Nature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eChildhood, Antimodernism, and Ontario Summer Camps, 1920-55\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSharon Wall (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774816403\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages, 38 b\u0026amp;w photos, 1 map\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThousands of children attended summer camps in twentieth-century Ontario. Did parents simply want a break, or were broader developments at play? \u003cem\u003eThe Nurture of Nature\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWall 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Nurture of Nature\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword: Modernism in Camp: A Wilderness Paradox \/ \u003cem\u003eGraeme Wynn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Back to Nature: Escaping the City, Ordering the Wild\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Socialism for the Rich: Class Formation at the Private Camp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 \"All they need is air\": Building Health, Shaping Class at the Fresh Air Camp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Making Modern Childhood, the Natural Way: The Camp Experiment with Psychology, Mental Hygiene, and Progressive Education\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Shaping True Natures in Nature: Camping, Gender, and Sexuality\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Totem Poles, Tepees, and Token Traditions: \"Playing Indian\" at Camp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConclusion: All Antimodern Melts into Modern?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531054346520,"sku":"9780774816403","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-nurture-of-nature-childhood-antimodernism-and-ontario-summer-camps-1920-55-paperback-softback-9780774816403","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}