04233nam 2200769 450 991045594740332120200520144314.01-282-01170-797866120117021-4426-8009-110.3138/9781442680098(CKB)2420000000004371(OCoLC)666907978(CaPaEBR)ebrary10195462(SSID)ssj0001141383(PQKBManifestationID)12533139(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001141383(PQKBWorkID)11091755(PQKB)11364511(SSID)ssj0000309916(PQKBManifestationID)11233345(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309916(PQKBWorkID)10283314(PQKB)11428716(CaPaEBR)417514(CaBNvSL)thg00600222(MiAaPQ)EBC3250357(MiAaPQ)EBC4671974(DE-B1597)464886(OCoLC)944177460(DE-B1597)9781442680098(Au-PeEL)EBL4671974(CaPaEBR)ebr11257661(CaONFJC)MIL201170(OCoLC)958565116(EXLCZ)99242000000000437120160922h19931993 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSons of the Empire the frontier and the Boy Scout movement, 1890-1918 /Robert H. MacDonaldToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1993.©19931 online resource (284 p.)HeritageBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4426-1313-0 0-8020-2843-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction: A Scheme to Save the Empire --CHAPTER ONE. The Legion That Never Was 'Listed --CHAPTER TWO. Buccaneers: The War Scouts --CHAPTER THREE. The Wolf That Never Slept: A Scout at Mafeking --CHAPTER FOUR. Zulu Warriors or 'Red Indian' Braves? The Frontier Spirit in Scouting for Boys --CHAPTER FIVE. The Laws of the Jungle: Teaching Boy Scouts the Lessons of Good Citizenship --CHAPTER SIX. Mrs Britannia's Youngest Line of Defence: Militarism and the Making of a National Symbol, 1908-1918 --CONCLUSION. Scouting and Myth --Notes --Bibliography --Appendices --Index --Picture Credits and SourcesIn Sons of the Empire, Robert MacDonalf explores popular ideas and myths in Edwardian Britain, their use by Baden-Powell, and their influence on the Boy Scout movement. In particular, he analyses the model of masculinity provided by the imperial frontier, the view that life in younger, far-flung parts of the empre was stronger, less degenerate than in Britain. The stereotypical adventurer - the frontiersman - provided an alternative ethic to British society. The best known example of it at the time was Baden-Powell himself, a war scout, the Hero of Mafeking in the South African war, and one of the first cult heroes to be created by the modern media.When Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts in 1908, he used both the power of the frontier myth and his own legend as a hero to galvanize the movement. The glamour of war scouting was hard to resist, its adventures a seductive invitation to the frist recruits. But Baden-Powell had a serious educational program in mind: Boy Scouts were to be trained in good citizenship.MacDoanld docusments his study with a wide range of contemporary sources, from newspapers to military memoirs. Exploring the genesis of an imperial institution through its own texts, he brings new insight into the Edwardian age.Boy ScoutsHistoryFrontier and pioneer lifeElectronic books.Boy ScoutsHistory.Frontier and pioneer life.369.43/09MacDonald Robert H.1934-1054430MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455947403321Sons of the Empire2487004UNINA