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Sons of the Empire: The Frontier and the Boy Scout Movement, 1890-1918

Sons of the Empire: The Frontier and the Boy Scout Movement, 1890-1918

H. MacDonald, Robert

Paperback

Series: Heritage

Canadian HistoryGeneral Political ScienceMen's Studies

ISBN10: 1442613130
ISBN13: 9781442613133
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: Nov 1 2011
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In Sons of the Empire, Robert MacDonald 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 empire 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.

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