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

• Autore: MacDonald Robert H. <1934->
• 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 genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Sources
• 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
• ISBN: 1-282-01170-7; 9786612011702; 1-4426-8009-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455947403321
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