Back to Nature: The Arcadian Myth in Urban AmericaJohns Hopkins University Press, 01.02.1990 - 264 Seiten Peter J. Schmitt describes the many ways in which America's urban middle class became involved with nature from the turn of the century to shortly after World War I, and he assess the influence of the "Arcadian myth" on American culture. With sympathy and gentle irony, he surveys the manifestations of the American love affair with the country: summer camps, the beginnings of wildlie protection and the conservation crusade, landscaped cemeteris, "Christian ornithology," and wilderness novels. The Arcadian drive reflected urban values, as the city-dweller sought virtue in nature. Landscape gardening, country clubs, national parks, and scenic turnoffs imposed the industrial ethic of order, neatness, and regularity on natural landscaps. Nature study and anthropomorphic animal stories taught moral values to children. |
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... camp was a semi- permanent resort where city children enjoyed a ritualistic and circumscribed communion with nature . Organized camping not only provided fresh air and healthful recreation , but served institutional needs little related ...
... camp , the high aims and ideals of the scout camp , the poetry , adventure and romance of a woodsman's camp , the instructive qualities of a naturalist's camp and the unique novelties and pastimes designed by a famous veteran in the ...
... camps chose the organization rather than the camp . In the absence of campers preselected for particular interests or abilities , such camps could pursue a variety of courses suited to their own requirements , as well as offer a variety ...
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Back to Nature | 3 |
The Literary Commuter | 20 |
Birds in the Bush | 33 |
Urheberrecht | |
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