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CONTENTS 1. 2. 3. Foreword The Search Autobiographical Prelude Overview The Places and the Children Entering the Child's World The Dens of Devon The Map-and-Interview Technique Shared and Private Places Private Places The Playhouses, Playshops, and Bush Houses of Carriacou Variation on the Map-and-Interview Technique Similarities and Differences Developmental Patterns Under the House and through the Bush Playhouses and Playshops Bush Houses Summary Finding a Place to Discover a Self The Critical Period of Middle Childhood Joseph Chilton Pearces Model of Development A Jungian Perspective on House Building and Place Making Roger Hart's Reflections on Forts and Houses vii I 3 6 8 15 17 18 20 25 28 30 32 35 38 39 43 47 49 51 53 64 72 V 4. Try to Remember An Homage to Edith Cobb Chawla's Critique of Edith Cobb Adult Memories Escape behind the Billboards: Urban vs. Rural Forts The Right Place at the Right Time The Value of Remembering A Separate Hearth 5. Making a Place in the Curriculum The Explorers' Club My Side of the Mountain Urban Forts The Arlington Huts Schoolyard Villages The Game of Village 6. The Evolution of a Sense of Place A Personal Reflection Building a Commitment to Person and Place Notes Bibliography 75 77 84 86 89 97 103 107 113 117 121 126 128 131 140 155 157 159 163 166 vi ...

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