UID:
almafu_9959233313102883
Umfang:
1 online resource (284 p.)
ISBN:
1-282-01170-7
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9786612011702
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1-4426-8009-1
Serie:
Heritage
Inhalt:
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.
Anmerkung:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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"" 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""
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-4426-1313-0
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-8020-2843-8
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Livres numeriques.
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History.
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Biographies.
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e-books.
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Electronic books.
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Livres numeriques.
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History.
;
Biographies.
;
e-books.
;
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.3138/9781442680098
