{"product_id":"the-nurture-of-nature-9780774816397","title":"The Nurture of Nature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\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\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 ex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Nurture of Nature represents a major study of an important but neglected subject. It is an important contribution to the study of leisure and recreation in Canada, to the understanding of the character of modernity, and to the history of summer camps. - Keith Walden, Department of History, Trent University\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword: Modernism in Camp: A Wilderness Paradox \/ \u003cem\u003eGraeme Wynn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Back to Nature: Escaping the City, Ordering the Wild\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Socialism for the Rich: Class Formation at the Private Camp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 \"All they need is air\": Building Health, Shaping Class at the Fresh Air Camp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Making Modern Childhood, the Natural Way: The Camp Experiment with Psychology, Mental Hygiene, and Progressive Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Shaping True Natures in Nature: Camping, Gender, and Sexuality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Totem Poles, Tepees, and Token Traditions: \"Playing Indian\" at Camp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: All Antimodern Melts into Modern?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404918858071,"sku":"9780774816397","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774816397.jpg?v=1730488051","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-nurture-of-nature-9780774816397","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}