{"product_id":"sons-of-the-empire-robert-h-macdonald-9781442613133","title":"Sons of the Empire: The Frontier and the Boy Scout Movement, 1890-1918","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cem\u003e Sons of the Empire\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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 first recruits. But Baden-Powell had a serious educational program in mind: Boy Scouts were to be trained in good citizenship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMacDonald documents 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442613130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442613133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Robert MacDonald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44066218541311,"sku":"9781442613133","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0299aade-d2b9-4104-8fff-c39ec5ece8c6.jpg?v=1685405975","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sons-of-the-empire-robert-h-macdonald-9781442613133","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}