| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 258 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-241) and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
"" 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"" |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron, 1857-1941.
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Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron, 1857-1941. |
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Great Britain. Army -- Biography.
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Great Britain. Army. |
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Biographies.
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Baden-Powell, Robert Baden-Powell, Baron, 1857-1941. |
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Scout Association -- Great Britain -- Biography. |
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Baden-Powell, Robert, Baron, 1857-1941. |
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Boy Scouts -- History.
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Boy Scouts. |
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History. |
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War work -- Boy Scouts. |
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Frontier and pioneer life.
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Frontier and pioneer life. |
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- Defenses.
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Great Britain. |
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Colonies. |
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Defenses. |
| Indexed Term |
Boys' organisations History |
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Great Britain |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: MacDonald, Robert H. Sons of the Empire : The Frontier and the Boy Scout Movement, 1890-1918. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2000 9780802028433 |
| ISBN |
9781442680098 (electronic book) |
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1442680091 (electronic book) |
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1282011707 |
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9781282011700 |
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0802028438 |
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9780802028433 |
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