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Sons of the Empire : the frontier and the Boy Scout movement, 1890-1918 / / Robert H. MacDonald



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Autore: MacDonald Robert H. <1934-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Sons of the Empire : the frontier and the Boy Scout movement, 1890-1918 / / Robert H. MacDonald Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1993
©1993
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 p.)
Disciplina: 369.43/09
Soggetto topico: Boy Scouts - History
Frontier and pioneer life
Soggetto geografico: USA
Frontier
Grossbritannien
Grande-Bretagne Colonies Defense nationale
Great Britain Colonies Defenses
Soggetto genere / forma: Livres numeriques.
History
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: "" Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: A Scheme to Save the Empire""; ""PART ONE: Scouting for Men""; ""1 The Legion That Never Was 'Listed""; ""2 Buccaneers: The War Scouts""; ""3 The Wolf That Never Slept: A Scout at Mafeking""; ""PART TWO: Scouting for Boys""; ""4 Zulu Warriors or 'Red Indian' Braves? The Frontier Spirit in Scouting for Boys""; ""5 The Laws of the Jungle: Teaching Boy Scouts the Lessons of Good Citizenship""; ""6 Mrs Britannia's Youngest Line of Defence: Militarism and the Making of a National Symbol, 1908�1918""; ""Conclusion: Scouting and Myth""; ""Notes""
Sommario/riassunto: In 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Sons of the Empire  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-01170-7
9786612011702
1-4426-8009-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910780421803321
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