Manufactured Wilderness - Summer Camps and the Shaping of American Youth, 18901960

Klappentext Since they were first established in the 1880s! childrens summer camps have touched the lives of millions of people. Although the camping experience has a special place in the popular imagination! few scholars have given serious thought to this peculiarly American phenomenon. Why were summer camps created? What concerns and ideals motivated their founders? Whom did they serve? How did they change over time? What factors influenced their design?

Product details

• Authors: Abigail A.Van Slyck, SLYCK ABIGAIL A VAN, Abigail A. Van Slyck, Abigail Ayres Van Slyck
• Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.04.2010
• EAN: 9780816648771
• ISBN: 978-0-8166-4877-1
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Architecture, Landscape, and American Culture; Architecture, Landscape, and A; Architecture, Landscape and Amer Culture; Architecture, Landscape and Amer Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries