Sons of the Empire : : The Frontier and the Boy Scout Movement, 1890-1918 / / Robert MacDonald.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: MacDonald, Robert,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442680098; 9783110490947
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442680098
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: 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 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.