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082 0 4 _a369.43/09
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aMacDonald, Robert
_eautore
245 1 0 _aSons of the Empire :
_bThe Frontier and the Boy Scout Movement, 1890-1918 /
_cRobert MacDonald.
264 1 _aToronto :
_bUniversity of Toronto Press,
_c[1993]
264 4 _c©1993
300 _a1 online resource (260 p.)
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520 _aIn 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.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650 0 _aBoy Scouts
_xHistory.
650 0 _aFrontier and pioneer life.
650 0 _aScouting (Youth activity)
_xHistory.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.
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