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Scouting for Boys
A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship
Verlag:
Oxford University Press Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: G553WEP
EAN: 9780198799993
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Zustellung: Mo, 12.10.2026
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Beschreibung
'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.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Elleke Boehmer
- Robert Baden-Powell
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2018
Format
- Buch (Hardcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 448