Title Our frontier is the world : the Boy Scouts in the age of American ascendancy / Mischa Honeck.

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Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.

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Description	1 online resource.
	text file
Series	The United States in the world
	United States in the world.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction : the white boy's burden -- Brothers together : men, boys, and the rejuvenation of empire -- From Antarctica to Africa : expeditions to the global frontier -- A junior League of Nations : campfire diplomacy at the world jamborees -- A brother to all? : scouting and the problem of race -- Youth marches : depression, dictators, and war -- Are you a crusader? : raising cold warriors -- Innocents abroad : scouting across the U.S. military empire -- Epilogue : the woes of aging.
Summary	Mischa Honeck's Our Frontier Is the World is a provocative account of how the Boy Scouts echoed and enabled American global expansion in the twentieth century. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has long been a standard bearer for national identity. The ...
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Subject	Boy Scouts of America -- History.
	Boy Scouts of America.
	History.
	Scouting (Youth activity) -- Political aspects -- United States.
	Scouting (Youth activity)
	United States.
	Imperialism -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
	Imperialism -- Social aspects.
	Imperialism.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Honeck, Mischa, 1976- Our frontier is the world. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018 9781501716188 (DLC) 2017040107
ISBN	9781501716195 (epub/mobi)
	1501716190
	9781501716201 (pdf)
	1501716204
	9781501716188
	1501716182
	9781501716188

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