Author: Amy L. SalesPublisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584653479
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
An entertaining ethnographic study of how Jewish summer camps foster Jewish sensibilities and education.
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Author: Unesco Institute for EducationChildren's Nature
Author: Leslie ParisPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814767079
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
The summer camps have provided many American children's first experience of community beyond their immediate family and neighbourhoods. This title chronicles the history of the American summer camp, from its invention in the late nineteenth century through its rise in the first four decades of the twentieth century
Last Days of Summer
Author: Steve KlugerPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060821442
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Set in 1940, this charming, touching and funny novel tells the story of a young boy who finds an unusual--and unwilling--role model: the talented young third baseman for the New York Giants.
Iconic Summer Camps Around Jacksonville
Author: Dorothy K. FletcherPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467148210
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Revisit Florida at a time when children were much more at home in the wild. The balmy northeast corner of the state, filled with lakes and forests primeval, was a camper's paradise. Iconic summer camps like Blanding, Chowenwaw, Echockotee, Immokalee, Montgomery, Keystone, Seminole and Weed played vital roles in the development of countless children. They swapped adventures beneath the stars, a heartening reminder that even the worst days can make the best stories. Join author Dorothy K. Fletcher and experience the giddy relief of campers who weathered their first dark night and welcomed a brilliant sunrise, just before all the fun begins!
Author: William Hollingsworth WhyteDesigning the Seaside
Author: Fred GrayPublisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781861892744
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
"In Designing the Seaside Fred Gray provides a history of seaside architecture from the 18th century to the present day, investigating leisure, entertainment, taste, fashion and gender, and shows how the seaside even became a hotbed for moral and sexual issues - from the early use of bathing machines to twentieth-century beauty pageants and naturist groups. He relates the evolution of resort architecture to sweeping changes in how seaside nature was experienced and used by holidaymakers. The book also traces the history of the coastal resort, with examples ranging from Regency Sidmouth to Victorian Scarborough and early 20th-century Morecambe, as well as assessing seaside developments in the USA and Continental Europe, from Coney Island and Santa Barbara to Nice and Trouville." "Featuring many colourful, informative and often entertaining photographs, drawings, guidebook illustrations, postcards and publicity posters from resorts around the world, Designing the Seaside is a thoroughly readables as well as a visually fascinating account of changing attitudes to holidaymaking and its setting."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: W. Murray
Author: Henry Wellington Wack