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category: History
published: Jan 2010
ISBN:9780774816403
publisher: UBC Press

The Nurture of Nature

Childhood, Antimodernism, and Ontario Summer Camps, 1920-55

by Sharon Wall

tagged: social history, study & teaching, discrimination & race relations, children's studies, post-confederation (1867-), ontario (on)
Description

Thousands of children attended summer camps in twentieth-century Ontario. Did parents simply want a break, or were broader developments at play? The Nurture of Nature explores how competing cultural tendencies – antimodern nostalgia and modern sensibilities about the landscape, child rearing, and identity – shaped the development of summer camps and, consequently, modern social life in North America. A valuable resource for those interested in the connections between the history of childhood, the natural environment, and recreation, The Nature of Nurture will also appeal to anyone who has been packed off to camp and wants to explore why.

About the Author

Sharon Wall

Contributor Notes

Sharon Wall is an assistant professor of history at the University of Winnipeg.

Awards
  • Winner, Clio Prize (Ontario), Canadian Historical Association
  • Winner, Floyd S. Chalmers Award in Ontario History, The Champlain Society
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