Sons of the Empire : : The Frontier and the Boy Scout Movement, 1890-1918 / / Robert MacDonald.
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 par...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©1993 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Heritage
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A Scheme to Save the Empire
- PART ONE. Scouting for Men
- 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
- PART TWO. Scouting for Boys
- 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