Children's Nature: The Rise of the American Summer Camp
- ISBN-10
- 0814767826
- ISBN-13
- 9780814767825
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 364
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-05-10
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Author
- Leslie Paris
Description
The summer camps have provided many American children's first experience of community beyond their immediate family and neighbourhoods. This title 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
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