LEADER 04233nam 2200769 450 001 9910455947403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-01170-7 010 $a9786612011702 010 $a1-4426-8009-1 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442680098 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004371 035 $a(OCoLC)666907978 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10195462 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001141383 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12533139 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001141383 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11091755 035 $a(PQKB)11364511 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000309916 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11233345 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309916 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10283314 035 $a(PQKB)11428716 035 $a(CaPaEBR)417514 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600222 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3250357 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671974 035 $a(DE-B1597)464886 035 $a(OCoLC)944177460 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442680098 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671974 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257661 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL201170 035 $a(OCoLC)958565116 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004371 100 $a20160922h19931993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSons of the Empire $ethe frontier and the Boy Scout movement, 1890-1918 /$fRobert H. MacDonald 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1993. 210 4$dİ1993 215 $a1 online resource (284 p.) 225 0 $aHeritage 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-4426-1313-0 311 $a0-8020-2843-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: A Scheme to Save the Empire --$tCHAPTER ONE. The Legion That Never Was 'Listed --$tCHAPTER TWO. Buccaneers: The War Scouts --$tCHAPTER THREE. The Wolf That Never Slept: A Scout at Mafeking --$tCHAPTER FOUR. Zulu Warriors or 'Red Indian' Braves? The Frontier Spirit in Scouting for Boys --$tCHAPTER FIVE. The Laws of the Jungle: Teaching Boy Scouts the Lessons of Good Citizenship --$tCHAPTER SIX. Mrs Britannia's Youngest Line of Defence: Militarism and the Making of a National Symbol, 1908-1918 --$tCONCLUSION. Scouting and Myth --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tAppendices --$tIndex --$tPicture Credits and Sources 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aBoy Scouts$xHistory 606 $aFrontier and pioneer life 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBoy Scouts$xHistory. 615 0$aFrontier and pioneer life. 676 $a369.43/09 700 $aMacDonald$b Robert H.$f1934-$01054430 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455947403321 996 $aSons of the Empire$92487004 997 $aUNINA