Scouting for Boys - A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship (Hardcover)

'A scout must always be prepared at any moment to do his duty, and to face danger in order to help his fellow-men.' A startling amalgam of Zulu war-cry and imperial and urban myth, of borrowed tips on health and hygiene, and object lessons in woodcraft, Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys (1908) is the original blueprint and 'self-instructor' of the Boy Scout Movement. One of the all-time bestsellers in the English-speaking world, this primer of 'yarns and pictures' constitutes probably the most influential manual for youth ever published. Yet the book is at the same time a roughly composed hodge-podge of jingoist lore and tracker legend, padded with lengthy quotations from adventure fiction and Baden-Powell's own autobiography, and seamed through with the multiple anxieties of its time: fears of degeneration, concerns about masculinity and self-restraint, invasion paranoia. Elleke Boehmer's edition of Scouting for Boys reprints the original text and illustrations, and her fine introduction investigates a book that has been cited as an authority by militarists and pacifists, capitalists and environmentalists alike.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection
Release date:	September 2018
Authors:	Robert Baden-Powell
Editors:	Elleke Boehmer
Dimensions:	217 x 142 x 40mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	448
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-879999-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Active outdoor pursuits > Camping & woodcraft Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Associations, clubs, societies > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-19-879999-3
Barcode:	9780198799993

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