Scouting for Boys : A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship Hardback
by Robert Baden-Powell
Edited by Elleke (Professor of World Literature in English, University of Oxford) Boehmer
Part of the Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection series
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'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.
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- Pages:448 pages, Numerous line drawings
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- Publication Date:27/09/2018
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- ISBN:9780198799993
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:448 pages, Numerous line drawings
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:27/09/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198799993