Race, resistance, and the Boy Scout movement in British Colonial Africa / Timothy H. Parsons.

Author
Parsons, Timothy, 1962- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©2004.
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 318 pages) : illustrations, map.

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Summary note
Conceived by General Sir Robert Baden-Powell as a way to reduce class tensions in Edwardian Britain, scouting evolved into an international youth movement. It offered a vision of romantic outdoor life as a cure for disruption caused by industrialization and urbanization. Scouting''s global spread was due to its success in attaching itself to institutions of authority. As a result, scouting has become embroiled in controversies in the civil rights struggle in the American South, in nationalist resistance movements in India, and in the contemporary American debate over gay rights.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-315) and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Source of description
Print version record.
Language note
English.
ISBN
  • 9780821441459 ((electronic bk.))
  • 0821441450 ((electronic bk.))
  • 0821415956
  • 9780821415955
International Article Number
  • 9780821415955
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