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List of Illustrations, Acknowledgments, Introduction: Summer Camps and the Problem of Modern Childhood, 1. Putting Campers in Their Place: Camp Landscapes and Changing Ideas of Childhood, 2. Fun and Games: The Serious Work of Play, 3. Housing the Healthy Camper: Tents, Cabins, and Attitudes toward Health, 4. Feeding an Army: Mealtime Rituals at Camp, 5. Good and Dirty? Girls, Boys, and Camp Cleanliness, 6. Living like Savages: Tipis, Council Rings, and Playing Indian, Epilogue: Summer Camps, Modern Architecture, and Modern Life, Appendix: ACA Accredited Residential Camps Established before 1960, Notes, Bibliography, Photography, Credits, Index

A Manufactured Wilderness

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      Publisher: MP - University Of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 4/22/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780816648771, 978-0816648771
      ISBN10: 0816648778

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      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations, Acknowledgments, Introduction: Summer Camps and the Problem of Modern Childhood, 1. Putting Campers in Their Place: Camp Landscapes and Changing Ideas of Childhood, 2. Fun and Games: The Serious Work of Play, 3. Housing the Healthy Camper: Tents, Cabins, and Attitudes toward Health, 4. Feeding an Army: Mealtime Rituals at Camp, 5. Good and Dirty? Girls, Boys, and Camp Cleanliness, 6. Living like Savages: Tipis, Council Rings, and Playing Indian, Epilogue: Summer Camps, Modern Architecture, and Modern Life, Appendix: ACA Accredited Residential Camps Established before 1960, Notes, Bibliography, Photography, Credits, Index

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