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- catalog abstract "This is a history of France's colonies de vacances, a vast network of summer camps created for working-class children, originated as a late 19th century charitable institution and providing rural retreats intended to restore the fragile health of poor urban children. Located in remote villages or along the more inexpensive stretches of the Atlantic coast the colonies gathered the young clientele into the structured villages in which they were to live out particular, ideal visions of the collective life of children on holiday. The author also reveals how diverse groups, including local Socialist and Communist leaders and Catholic seminarians, seized the opportunity to shape the minds and bodies of working-class youth. The book sheds light on classic quetions of social control, highlighting the active rolde of the children in shaping their experiences.".
- catalog contributor b12666956.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description "1. Repairing the Body, Restoring the Soul: The Origins of the Colonies de Vacances in France, 1881-1914 -- 2. Toward a Pedagogy of Child Leisure: The Politics of Catholic Defense, 1882-1914 -- 3. Family Placement in a Socialist Mode: The Foundation of the Colonie Municipale of Suresnes -- 4. Inside the Nievre Colonie, 1923-1939 -- 5. Les Lendemains Qui Chantent: Social Movements and Pedagogical Innovation in the Colonies de Vacances during the Popular Front -- 6. Municipal Communism and the Politics of Childhood: Ivry-sur-Seine, 1925-1960.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-402) and index.".
- catalog description "This is a history of France's colonies de vacances, a vast network of summer camps created for working-class children, originated as a late 19th century charitable institution and providing rural retreats intended to restore the fragile health of poor urban children. Located in remote villages or along the more inexpensive stretches of the Atlantic coast the colonies gathered the young clientele into the structured villages in which they were to live out particular, ideal visions of the collective life of children on holiday. The author also reveals how diverse groups, including local Socialist and Communist leaders and Catholic seminarians, seized the opportunity to shape the minds and bodies of working-class youth. The book sheds light on classic quetions of social control, highlighting the active rolde of the children in shaping their experiences.".
- catalog extent "xv, 411 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Childhood in the promised land.".
- catalog identifier "082232928X (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0822329441 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Childhood in the promised land.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Durham : Duke University Press,".
- catalog relation "Childhood in the promised land.".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog subject "371.826/23/0944 21".
- catalog subject "Children France Social conditions.".
- catalog subject "City children Education France History.".
- catalog subject "LC5771.F8 D69 2002".
- catalog subject "Labor movement France History.".
- catalog subject "Poor children Education France History.".
- catalog subject "Vacation schools France History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Repairing the Body, Restoring the Soul: The Origins of the Colonies de Vacances in France, 1881-1914 -- 2. Toward a Pedagogy of Child Leisure: The Politics of Catholic Defense, 1882-1914 -- 3. Family Placement in a Socialist Mode: The Foundation of the Colonie Municipale of Suresnes -- 4. Inside the Nievre Colonie, 1923-1939 -- 5. Les Lendemains Qui Chantent: Social Movements and Pedagogical Innovation in the Colonies de Vacances during the Popular Front -- 6. Municipal Communism and the Politics of Childhood: Ivry-sur-Seine, 1925-1960.".
- catalog title "Childhood in the promised land : working-class movements and the colonies de vacances in France, 1880-1960 / Laura Lee Downs.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".