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Camping grounds : public nature in American life from the Civil War to the Occupy Movement / Phoebe S.K. Young.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Young, Phoebe S. K. (Phoebe Schroeder Kropp), 1970- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Camps--United States--History.
- Camps.
- Camps--United States--Political aspects.
- Occupy movement--United States--History--21st century.
- Occupy movement.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Nature.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (432 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- 'Camping Grounds' narrates a quintessentially American tradition of sleeping outdoors, from the Civil War to the present, that will appeal to academics, outdoor enthusiasts and general readers alike.
- Contents:
- Introduction: a public nature
- Part One: Outdoor strategies, 1850s-1890s
- Campfires and comrades
- The roads home
- Part Two: Outdoor promises, 1880s-1940s
- Tramps and tramp style
- Establishing the campers' republic
- Part Three: Outdoor challenges, 1950s-2010s
- The back to nature crowd
- Occupying public ground epilogue: "We MUST camp".
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-009358-7
- 0-19-009357-9
- OCLC:
- 1202733135
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