...This chapter examines the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company's use of educational and recreational programs to socialize children to become reliable workers as well as “good citizens” during the period 1901–1918. The dramatic growth of immigrant populations in the industrializing United States...

...This chapter examines how organized sports as a form of leisure and recreation enabled Mexican immigrants in and around South Chicago to cope with the harsh realities of economic crisis during the Great Depression. In particular, it considers how organized sports made it possible for Mexican men...

...This chapter traces the origins of the playground movement in America by presenting the story of Philadelphia's Starr Garden Recreation Park. It first considers philanthropist Theodore Starr's support for kindergarten advocate Anna Hallowell and African American pastor Reverend Henry Phillips...

...When camp residents gathered for entertainment, education, recreation, and worship, they did so in the camp community center and related spaces, such as a performance platform or playing fields. Communal activities such as plays, concerts, dances, and movie screenings addressed a concern among...

...This chapter focuses on the efforts of Scandinavian students in Chicago to bring organized recreation and sports into their schools during the Progressive Era. It begins by revisiting the conflict that arose from the construction of a gymnasium proposed by Scandinavian youth at the North Park...

... that operated in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania (1941–81). These projects sought to create the experience of national belonging through play and recreation. Tracing the difficulties and successes of these organizations highlights the organizational challenges of diaspora nation-building. Notwithstanding...

... to their search for order and some of the solutions applied to children and youth in the context of that search. The book offers case studies relevant to educational reform, child labor laws, underage marriage, and recreation for children, among others. Including important primary documents produced by children...