Skip to main content Skip to search Skip to search

History Social History

The Nurture of Nature

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

by (author) Sharon Wall

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2010
Category
Social History, General, Study & Teaching, General, Children's Studies, Post-Confederation (1867-), Discrimination & Race Relations, Ontario (ON)
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774858847
    Publish Date
    Jan 2010
    List Price
    $32.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774816403
    Publish Date
    Jan 2010
    List Price
    $32.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774816397
    Publish Date
    May 2009
    List Price
    $95.00

Classroom Resources

Where to buy it

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

Awards

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

Contributor Notes

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